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...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 15, 2014 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
Several years ago, I was working at a small business. Besides myself, there were four other people on the staff and the boss. It was time for our weekly staff meeting and three of us were already there at the table when the boss walked in and said, “Let’s...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 1, 2014 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
One of the biggest things I’ve struggled with in my writing life is keeping a balance between the types of writing i have to do. I tend to get laser focused and obsess over a certain project and, while that meant I finished it, it meant that I’d completely...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 24, 2014 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Once you harness your plot bunnies,  productive writing feels like cheating and the words come easier. Let me explain. I keep mentioning that my new percentage based writing goal is really working well but I’ve never really explained why. Let’s go into...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 25, 2013 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
There is less than a week left in November. Thanksgiving is a mere four days away. December starts next Sunday. All of this means that we’re dangerously close to the end of NaNoWriMo. I know that some of you have already passed 50,000 and I want to assure you...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
