by Hillary DePiano | Jan 14, 2016 | Evergreen, My Writing, Uncategorized
There’s been a lot of traffic to this post, What’s different in Hillary DePiano’s adaptation of The Green Bird vs Carlo Gozzi’s commedia dell’arte original?, so I figured I’d do you one better and share the full synopsis. I had to...
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 4, 2016 | Evergreen, In Their Words, Uncategorized
I had some experience with a quote from The Love of Three Oranges going somewhat viral a few years ago but it was nothing like what happened with this line from my play, New Year’s Thieve. Shortly after the play was released last year, I was seeing it...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 18, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
I have a special relationship with 30,000 words. Before that point, it’s a long slog, plodding uphill with a story that feels like dead weight hanging over my shoulders. But once I hit 30 large, I reach what I call the “Get this novel out of my freaking...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 10, 2015 | Evergreen, Uncategorized
Give yourself permission to write. Sounds simple, right? Sometimes it’s the hardest thing of all. If you’d rather read than watch, the original pep talk can be found...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 8, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
If you’re new to NaNoWriMo or if you’ve only ever participated online and haven’t gone to the in-person events, you’ve missed out on one of the coolest National Novel Writing Month traditions. Collectible stickers! Every year, there’s a...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 5, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
This is another Frequently Asked Question I get every year. What is a NaNoWriMo rebel? How do you become one? What are the rules of being one? Simply put, anyone who is creating their own version of the NaNoWriMo challenge instead of following the official contest...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
