by Hillary DePiano | Oct 27, 2014 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
You’ll have to make sacrifices and prioritize your writing. This comes as a shock to many people with dreams of writing anything at all so let’s just get this out there right now: Writing is work and it takes time. Maybe you have a job, kids and a variety...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 26, 2014 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
Writing is easy. Writing is hard. You’ll hear two different voices throughout the month. “NaNoWriMo is so much fun!” say that people for whom it’s going well. Meanwhile, the people who are having trouble are complaining that NaNoWriMo is stupid,...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 25, 2014 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
You’ll probably feel a overwhelmed, especially in the beginning. After all the anticipation, the beginning of NaNoWriMo can sometimes be killer on your creativity. You’ll be staring and that blank page with this feeling that all of your ideas have completely left you...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 24, 2014 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I’m so excited. I can’t wait to start my NaNoWriMo novel. I want to be writing it RIGHT NOW! Usually, when people complain about having to wait to start their NaNoWriMo novels, I point them to this post and all the reasons I recommend just going ahead and...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 20, 2014 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
You may NOT be a NaNoWriMo rebel after all! There’s been a change in the rules and they’re subtle so you might have missed them. Let me address your attention to this page from the official help: Do I have to start my novel from scratch on the first of...
by Hillary DePiano | Oct 13, 2014 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)
NaNoWriMo veterans, there’s something different with your profile this year and you’re going to want to take note. You may be missing victory or participation badges from past years! Wrimo profiles used to have a field where you could input every year...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
