by Hillary DePiano | Nov 5, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
How fast do you write? Do you know your actual your words per minute? It’s worth figuring out for setting deadlines and planning projects. It’s particularly handy for when you see an opportunity you want to submit to because you can figure out whether you...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 4, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
What does Butt in chair mean? A bit of writing advice you’ll see a lot is, “Butt in chair!” But what the heck does that mean? I can do a heck of a lot of things with my butt in a chair that have nothing whatsoever to do with writing! I also do a fair...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 3, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
Once you’ve given yourself permission to write, you’ll realize that’s not enough. Because it’s one thing to say, “Yes, I will write!” and another to do it. You’ve already got a whole life crammed into 24 hours a day, and there...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 2, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
“It sounds amazing in my head but when I write it down, it’s terrible!” Does this sound familiar? You’ve got this fantastic scene in mind, the whole thing is just RIGHT THERE fully formed in your head, and all you need to do is write it down!...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 1, 2019 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
It starts somehow Sometimes you sit down, butt in chair, just like you’re supposed it and… you’ve got nothing. Or you’ve got something, but it’s stuck in your head, and you can’t seem to get any of the words down the page. And all the...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 31, 2019 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
Do you consider yourself a writer? Do you feel comfortable calling yourself one now? One of the most common mental hang-ups I’ve seen in beginning writers is this reluctance to call themselves a writer… “yet.” There’s always some...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
