by Hillary DePiano | Jun 24, 2014 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Once you harness your plot bunnies,  productive writing feels like cheating and the words come easier. Let me explain. I keep mentioning that my new percentage based writing goal is really working well but I’ve never really explained why. Let’s go into...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 19, 2014 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized
I just thought this was funny. That almost the same day as I announced the new shortened version of The Love of Three Oranges that comes in at about half an hour, PBS announces that they’re going to start airing a trimmed down version of Sesame Street each day...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 19, 2014 | My Writing, Uncategorized
One of the biggest FAQs I get is about the scene in Act 1, Scene 1 between King Silvio and Pantalone and the double entendre speech. Many schools and theatres find that speech to be a bit too racy for their tastes and want to rework it. To that end, I wrote an...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 17, 2014 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
I have some exciting news! For as much as I yammer on about my various works in progress, I’ve had a secret project going on in the background all this time and I’m so excited to finally be able to tell you about it. I sold another play! Actually, I sold...
by Hillary DePiano | Jun 3, 2014 | My Writing, Uncategorized
You’ll notice I’m somewhat random about when I share things from recent The Love of Three Oranges productions and that these posts tend to come in spurts. That’s because, unless someone specifically calls my attention to articles, reviews, video...
by Hillary DePiano | May 22, 2014 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
Writing well is not enough. Crafting a solid plot or a good read is not enough. Working hard and hustling is not enough. Luck is not enough. There are thousands of people out there who can do each of those things above that will never find success as a writer. Talent...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
