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Let yourself hit the sour notes

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 3, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized

Is it me or do I look incredibly stupid in every thumbnail? This one might be the worst yet! Anyway, if you’d rather read than listen, you can find the original...
6 productive writing things to do while waiting for NaNoWriMo to start

6 productive writing things to do while waiting for NaNoWriMo to start

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 31, 2015 | Evergreen, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

I don’t know about you but there are still a few hours left to go before National Novel Writing Month starts in my neck of the woods and for some time zones there are many hours left before the starting pistol. But instead of sitting here chomping at the bit...

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...
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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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