by Hillary DePiano | May 10, 2011 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
I’ve had “2011 is the year of the orange!” written on the dry erase board above my desk for 2 years now so I wouldn’t forget that 2011 marks the 250th anniversary of Carlo Gozzi’s The Love of Three Oranges, the commedia dell’arte...
by Hillary DePiano | May 5, 2011 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
The new revised edition of The Love of Three Oranges is now available for purchase over at Playscripts, Inc! While you’re over there, you can also see a (mostly) complete performance history of the show from 2004 to today and read almost the entire play for free...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 28, 2011 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
You’ve got this idea for a story that you are going to write someday. You’ve got that draft laying in a drawers somewhere that you swear, once you’ve got the time, you’re going to clean up and edit. You’d love to have your family history...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 24, 2011 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
If you’re a veteran of NaNoWriMo, one of the biggest questions you may have about Script Frenzy is how many words do I have to write? Even though Screnzy is based on the number of pages you write, for many of us judging our progress by word count is a habit and...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 22, 2011 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
Wikipedia says: A log line or logline is a brief summary of a television program or film, often providing both a synopsis of the program’s plot, and an emotional “hook” to stimulate interest. But for many of us, that isn’t enough info to get...