by Hillary DePiano | Oct 15, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I’m here to talk to you about that story. You know the one. That story you keep saying you’re going to write someday. I know, I know. You’ll write it later, when you have more time, after the kids graduate, when you retire, or whatever excuse you’re making this week....
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 11, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Leading up to NaNoWriMo, I’m going to tackle a few Frequently Asked Questions for both the Wrimos in my area and around the web. This one comes from fontiptoes on Tumblr. So, I would really like to participate, but I am kinda clueless about the concept. Here’s...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 26, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
While I’ll have my own thoughts and analysis on this available in a later post, here’s the official word from the OLL today: Dear Scriptwriters, One thing that has made us proud over the years is how many people can call themselves scriptwriters because of...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 12, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
There’s something familiar about prose. We’ve all read at least a book or two in our lives and we understand generally how words flow together in a story. There’s also something comfortingly self-contained about writing a book or story. We write it...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 7, 2012 | External Stimuli, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
OK, a little background. Over on the Script Frenzy site, some of us NaNoWriMo alumni were talking about Screnzy and what it’s like being a veteran of both. nature-elf aka Melinda Chen mentioned that she was originally reluctant to try Script Frenzy because it...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 1, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
Editing. Maybe you envision some proofreading, correcting a few typos, and trimming a few sections. But until you’ve actually edited an entire book or script you don’t really know quite what you’re in for. Here’s five things you should really...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
