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Manage multiple writing projects & keep your word count on track with this writers yearly goal system

Manage multiple writing projects & keep your word count on track with this writers yearly goal system

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 3, 2017 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

By popular request, I’m reposting this updated for 2017. It’s exactly the same as last year, only the dates are updated in the spreadsheet (I didn’t update the screenshots, so sue me). I do have a slightly different system I’m personally using...
Setting smaller, specific goals with wiggle room is the secret to good writing resolutions

Setting smaller, specific goals with wiggle room is the secret to good writing resolutions

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 1, 2017 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

It’s a brand new year which means it’s the traditional time of setting new goals and resolutions for the year ahead. For us writers, that can mean setting deadlines or striving for new writing habits in the coming year. I think taking a few minutes to...
My “Writing Year” starts in December because the calendar does not own me

My “Writing Year” starts in December because the calendar does not own me

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 16, 2016 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

I know I’ve said this before but I can’t express to you how glad I am that I changed my writing year so that it ends in November. I made this change on a whim back in 2014 and it was one of the best decisions I’ve made for both my writing goals and...
Won NaNoWriMo AND finished your novel? Come over here and let me tell you how much you rock!

Won NaNoWriMo AND finished your novel? Come over here and let me tell you how much you rock!

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 5, 2016 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

The following is an excerpt from NaNo What Now? Finding your editing process, revising your NaNoWriMo book and building a writing career through publishing and beyond Available now in paperback and eBook. To the writer that finished what you set out to write, You are...
TFW you won NaNoWriMo (yay!) but you haven’t actually finished your book yet (boo!)

TFW you won NaNoWriMo (yay!) but you haven’t actually finished your book yet (boo!)

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 4, 2016 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

The following is an excerpt from NaNo What Now? Finding your editing process, revising your NaNoWriMo book and building a writing career through publishing and beyond Available now in paperback and eBook. To the writer that reached their word count target but didn’t...
If you signed up for NaNoWriMo but didn’t win or reach your writing goal, this pep talk is for you

If you signed up for NaNoWriMo but didn’t win or reach your writing goal, this pep talk is for you

by Hillary DePiano | Dec 3, 2016 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

The following is an excerpt from NaNo What Now? Finding your editing process, revising your NaNoWriMo book and building a writing career through publishing and beyond Available now in paperback and eBook. To the writer that finished neither their NaNoWriMo project nor...
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Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.

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