by Hillary DePiano | Oct 29, 2015 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I’ve written a TON of posts and articles about NaNoWriMo in my decade+ participating in the event and serving as an ML and I’ll be the first to admit that a lot of this info is really hard to find on this site. To that end, I’ve created this master...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 27, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Luck has absolutely nothing to do with NaNoWriMo. Let me explain in this video pep talk adapted from this popular post from years...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 23, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
I adapted one of my most popular NaNoWriMo pep talks into a video. Going to be doing that with several bits of old content in the near future since it just makes sense! Here is is...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 22, 2015 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
It’s hard to say exactly what draws me to adaptation. Most of the time, I like something in it but hate the rest of it and I end up adapting it to “fix” whatever’s annoying me about the original. But every now and then, I read a story that just...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 13, 2015 | Announcements, Me, but Elsewhere, My Writing, Uncategorized
In all the hubbub lately, I forgot to share that my play, Weak Days, won in the one-act category of The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s 16th Annual New Play Contest. They’ll be a reading of the play with minimal staging at The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s New...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 27, 2015 | Announcements, Evergreen, My Writing, Playwriting and Theatre
The end of summer is coming up and teachers other educators are looking for plays to do in the coming school year. Many of my plays are school friendly, The Love of Three Oranges is even a bestseller for high school theatre, so here’s a quick overview of...