by Hillary DePiano | Nov 5, 2009 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
A Word War (also called a Word Sprint) is a time honored NaNoWriMo tradition but, if this your first NaNo, you may not be familiar with the term. Simply put, a word war is a challenge to push yourself to write more words. You can do this yourself, with a group (such...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 29, 2009 | Announcements, In Their Words, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Writing Advice and Resources
Last year, leading up to NaNoWriMo, I did a series of posts covering what I learned about writing from doing the contest the year prior. Here is a reprint of that entire series all as a single post. What I learned about writing from NaNoWriMo . . . If you have never...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 28, 2009 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Writing Advice and Resources
So my cousin is signed up for her very first NaNoWriMo this year. She is freaking out about it and ready to quite before we’ve even begun. She’s worried that she doesn’t know what she is going to write about. She’s worried she’s not a...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 31, 2008 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
#12 Have fun! I know, cheesy, right? Not so. There is something completely ludicrous about proposing to write a book at all, let alone writing an entire book with no plan and in 30 days. Embrace that ridiculousness. It is much easier to write something light and fun...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 30, 2008 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
#11 Write what you like. Forget about writing what you know. Write what you like. No Plot No Problem suggests writing up a list of your favorite things from the very specific (sassy old people who may be wiser than you might think) to the more general (love triangles,...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 29, 2008 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I know some people can write no matter what is going on around them, but I like a little music when I’m writing. It blocks out outside sounds and helps me focus on what I am doing. Some people can listen to normal pop radio while they write but my number one...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
