by Hillary DePiano | May 31, 2017 | My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I’ve tried to write this post a dozen times already and gotten too annoyed to continue every time. Why? Pull up a chair, I’ll try to explain without rage-quitting this time. You know I strive for complete transparency in my writing process so join me for a...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 2, 2016 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
Polar Twilight, that little comedy of mine where Santa Claus is a vampire that sounds like it’s going to be all scary and blasphemous but is actually totally cute and heartwarming, (I swear! Even my Catholic school teacher mom came around to it!), is enjoying a...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 29, 2016 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
If you’ve been waiting for the chance, to buy All The Plays by Hillary DePiano, now’s your chance! Both YouthPLAYS and Playscripts, who between them have 9 of my plays available, are running holiday sales but you gotta be quick to take advantage because...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 30, 2016 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
Exactly a month ago, I told you about my new short drama, Masks, which is part of the new anthology Bullying, INK. from YouthPlays. While you can purchase the play or license it as part of that collection, for the first time, it’s now available as a standalone...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 20, 2016 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
Novelists have been doing this sort of post for a while, an all-in-one debrief on exactly how they wrote one of their books day by day (here’s one example and another but there are many out there), but it hasn’t caught on yet in the playwriting community....
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 30, 2016 | Evergreen, Me, but Elsewhere, My Writing, Uncategorized
I did a guest post for the Playscripts blog on Friday called Frugal Fantasy: Making Magic on a Less Than Fantastical Budget filled with tips for making magical effects happen on the stage even if you’re working on a school or community theatre budget. It’s...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
