by Hillary DePiano | Oct 15, 2018 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
How do you prepare for a big undertaking like NaNoWriMo? You can just stumble into your novel-writing journey headfirst drunk buffalo style and hope it all works out. But you’ll have your best shot at success if you do a little preparation before the month...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 27, 2018 | Living the Writing Life, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
The 2016 election threw us all for a loop that we’re still dealing with. Shortly after the election, I saw a tweet to the effect that you’ll probably be able to tell exactly where writers were in their manuscripts when the election happened and I thought...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 31, 2018 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
What is The Tale of Tales play? Around this time last year, I announced the premiere of a brand new play, The Tale of Tales. Considering I’m in the midst of a many year project of adapting Giambattista Basile’s Tale of Tales collection in a dozen different...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 20, 2018 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
Hi Hillary, I’m an author and I’ve worked with editors/publishers with my book. I understand that process but as a new playwright, I’m not sure how to go about getting my 3 plays critiqued, edited and proofread. I’m an indie author and self...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 13, 2018 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
If you’re a YA writer having trouble breaking in, you might be better off getting started with writing YA plays first. I’ve been meaning to write a post about this for ages but then this question came in from the mailbag which gave me the perfect...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 6, 2018 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Writing Advice and Resources
Kanban for Writers My writing life is a many headed beast. I write fiction, non-fiction, freelance articles, stage plays and more under a variety of pen names. I’m always looking for better ways to prioritize and manage all these different project so I’m...
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