by Hillary DePiano | Sep 2, 2014 | Evergreen, External Stimuli, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“The most disgusting thing is chocolate chip cookies right out of the oven. Like when the chips are all warm and gooey.” And as my cousin said this, she shuddered like the mere thought of it made her sick to her stomach. The rest of us were like… are...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 29, 2014 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
A couple of quick updates on The Love of Three Oranges (one-act version): I received the final proof from Playscripts and gave my approval on August 20th. They are trying to fast track this play to be out as soon as possible so, while I don’t have a firm...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 26, 2014 | My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
When I was writing The Love of Three Oranges, I kept coming to moments in the writing process when I would hit a cross-roads between staying closer to the original text and playwright’s intent or to the play I was writing. Was I writing a faithful scholarly...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 19, 2014 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
“After that there is rewriting. This is worse than merely writing, because not only does he have to think up new things just the same, but at the same time try not to remember the old ones.” -Edward Gorey Back in March (has it really been FOUR MONTHS since then???), I...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 14, 2014 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
Christmas in July… er, August! Planning your holiday show? Consider Polar Twilight, a Christmas show with a bite. #ifyouknowwhatImean Here’s the thing. Playscripts did this big Christmas in July promotional push and was tweeting links out to all their...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 7, 2014 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
One of the most exciting things about upcoming one-act version of The Love of Three Oranges is how quickly everything came together. One minute I was toying with the idea of writing an abridged version and the next I was handing in the final version, the contract...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
