by Hillary DePiano | Jun 25, 2012 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3 of The Love of Three Oranges, the stage directions read: Strike the cauldron. It’s a different part of the forest. Change the lights if you want. Move a log. Go nuts. This is, of course, the least professional stage direction...
by Hillary DePiano | May 10, 2012 | My Writing, Uncategorized
This past March 22, 2012 – March 23, 2012, Gallatin County High School in Warsaw, KY put on The Love of Three Oranges. Even though their run ended a while ago, they just got some media coverage this past week that I wanted to highlight. First is a review of the...
by Hillary DePiano | May 8, 2012 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
Beloved children’s author Maurice Sendak, best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, passed away today at 83. But I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that, among his beautiful illustrations and award winning books, he also designed a 1982...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 26, 2012 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I want to talk about a very powerful and tool called ManicTime. This slick little program is free (with a paid version that gives you additional features) and has a host of practical applications no matter what you’re doing on your computer. Â But it can be a...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 25, 2012 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
You offered to read your friend’s book. Or maybe it was a short story. Or a play. Either way, your friend wrote something and you promised to be a beta reader and give them some feedback. Except that now you’ve changed your mind. Maybe you’ve since...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
