by Hillary DePiano | Nov 11, 2014 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I don’t know how to write this blog post without sounding like a jerk but here goes. I’m ahead on NaNoWriMo. Like, really ahead. And this is going to sound like bragging but it’s really just a statement of fact: I’m ahead and I’m not even...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 10, 2014 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
For years, I used to wait until I had a good stretch of time to write. I’d get myself comfy in my favorite chair, get my favorite drink ready, have my special writing music playing and work on my book for hours. Sounds good, right? Except for the fact that long...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 29, 2014 | External Stimuli, Living the Writing Life, My Writing
Sometimes I make poor life decisions. Sometimes I do dumb things like stay up all night reading when I know perfectly well the baby will be up before dawn. Or I go to the bank without to bringing the check I needed to cash. Or I completely forget that my wedding...
by Hillary DePiano | Feb 4, 2014 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
As I discussed over here, I completely redid my writing goals for 2014. A couple of people have asked me to explain my new system (and I know that other post is mad long) so here’s the TL; DR version. Instead of just setting a single total work count goal for...
by Hillary DePiano | Jan 9, 2014 | Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Write every day. That’s the mantra you hear from just about every writing adviser online and off. And I agree that writing every day can be incredibly helpful to your productivity and creativity. It would be ideal if we could all write every day… but...
by Hillary DePiano | May 27, 2013 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Back in this post, I mused about the nature of sequels in the theatre and when, if ever, do they work. Believe it or not, this wasn’t just a random rant. It’s actually something I’ve been struggling with several years now. See, in my play, The Love of...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
