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Let yourself hit the sour notes

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 3, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized

Is it me or do I look incredibly stupid in every thumbnail? This one might be the worst yet! Anyway, if you’d rather read than listen, you can find the original...
6 productive writing things to do while waiting for NaNoWriMo to start

6 productive writing things to do while waiting for NaNoWriMo to start

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 31, 2015 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

I don’t know about you but there are still a few hours left to go before National Novel Writing Month starts in my neck of the woods and for some time zones there are many hours left before the starting pistol. But instead of sitting here chomping at the bit...

You need a lot of things to finish a novel during NaNoWriMo but luck isn’t one of them

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 27, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

Luck has absolutely nothing to do with NaNoWriMo. Let me explain in this video pep talk adapted from this popular post from years...

It’s time to finally write that story! Let me talk you into trying NaNoWriMo this year.

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 23, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)

I adapted one of my most popular NaNoWriMo pep talks into a video. Going to be doing that with several bits of old content in the near future since it just makes sense! Here is is...
School friendly TYA plays by Hillary DePiano, a guide for drama teachers and other theatre educators

School friendly TYA plays by Hillary DePiano, a guide for drama teachers and other theatre educators

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 27, 2015 | Announcements, Evergreen, My Writing, Playwriting and Theatre

The end of summer is coming up and teachers other educators are looking for plays to do in the coming school year. Many of my plays are school friendly, The Love of Three Oranges is even a bestseller for high school theatre, so here’s a quick overview of...
Exactly which fairy tale is Carlo Gozzi’s The Green Bird based on?

Exactly which fairy tale is Carlo Gozzi’s The Green Bird based on?

by Hillary DePiano | Aug 25, 2015 | Evergreen, External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized

Sometimes a coincidence so weird happens, you just gotta share it. As you know, I’m adapting an old collection of obscure Italian fairy tales called the Pentamerone into several plays. Well, as part of that process, I wanted to find out the name of some other...
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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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