by Hillary DePiano | Mar 9, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
If you are stuck for an idea for Script Frenzy, NaNoWriMo or another other project, sometimes you just need a little creative push. Or maybe you have a few seconds to kill and you just want a laugh. Either way, a random plot generator can help you out either way....
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 10, 2009 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Now, for your enjoyment, here are three (terrible) NaNoWriMo limericks. ~ An aspiring writer albino Decided to try NaNoWriMo The fellow got a bit crazed A whole book in 30 days? Now he lives on the streets as white wine-o ~ One otherwise common November A respectable...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 6, 2009 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Twitter can be a real distraction and you can find yourself wasting a lot of time browsing tweets when you could be writing. But before you get ready to cut Twitter out of your life for a full month, let’s go over some of the ways that Twitter can be a helpful...
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 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 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.
