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Hillary’s Guide to NaNoWriMo: Table of Contents Mega Post!

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...

You need a lot of things to finish a novel during NaNoWriMo but luck isn’t one of them

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...

It’s time to finally write that story! Let me talk you into trying NaNoWriMo this year.

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...
Introducing Goosed! a new play in the style of classic Italian slapstick comedy

Introducing Goosed! a new play in the style of classic Italian slapstick comedy

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...
My play, Weak Days, to be featured in The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s New Play Festival this November

My play, Weak Days, to be featured in The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s New Play Festival this November

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...
School friendly TYA plays by Hillary DePiano, a guide for drama teachers and other theatre educators

School friendly TYA plays by Hillary DePiano, a guide for drama teachers and other theatre educators

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...
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Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.

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