by Hillary DePiano | Oct 28, 2014 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Most of the time, you’ll hate what you write. Your ideas are so awesome in your head but when you write them down on paper they seem like garbage. You’ll get discouraged and frustrated and start to doubt yourself so I want to make sure you know ahead of...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 27, 2014 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
You’ll have to make sacrifices and prioritize your writing. This comes as a shock to many people with dreams of writing anything at all so let’s just get this out there right now: Writing is work and it takes time. Maybe you have a job, kids and a variety...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 26, 2014 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Writing is easy. Writing is hard. You’ll hear two different voices throughout the month. “NaNoWriMo is so much fun!” say that people for whom it’s going well. Meanwhile, the people who are having trouble are complaining that NaNoWriMo is stupid,...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 25, 2014 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
You’ll probably feel a overwhelmed, especially in the beginning. After all the anticipation, the beginning of NaNoWriMo can sometimes be killer on your creativity. You’ll be staring and that blank page with this feeling that all of your ideas have completely left you...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 24, 2014 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I’m so excited. I can’t wait to start my NaNoWriMo novel. I want to be writing it RIGHT NOW! Usually, when people complain about having to wait to start their NaNoWriMo novels, I point them to this post and all the reasons I recommend just going ahead and...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 2, 2014 | Evergreen, External Stimuli, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“The most disgusting thing is chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven. Like when the chips are all warm and gooey.” And as my cousin said this, she shuddered like the mere thought of it made her sick to her stomach. The rest of us were like… are...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
