by Hillary DePiano | Sep 2, 2011 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
You finished a book. Getting all the way to The End, no matter how long it took or how good you think what you wrote is, is a major accomplishment. You need to take a moment, pat yourself on the back and bask in a job well done. Except that, at some point,...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 30, 2011 | Me, but Elsewhere, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration
I wrote a guest article for Playscripts, Inc last week entitled Making the Most out of a Living Playwright. It gives tips for teaching or staging material where the person who wrote the material is still alive. Connecting with the person behind the words is a great...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 25, 2011 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
So, remember a few weeks ago when I told you that Playscripts had given The Love of Three Oranges a starred recommendation for high schools? I glanced at the list of recommendations today and we were gone and I panicked for half a second that I ticked someone off and...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 16, 2011 | My Writing, Uncategorized
There’s a special section on the Playscripts website that serves as a portal for high school productions and drama classes. Divided into full length plays and short plays, it shows the best selling high school plays since Playscripts opened its virtual doors in...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 4, 2011 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized
A fan just pointed this out to me and I’m so thrilled they did because I had no idea this page even existed. Playscripts lists their top ten most popular adaptations on a page that’s linked right from the homepage and, what do you know, Three Oranges is #5...
by Hillary DePiano | Jul 18, 2011 | In Their Words, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
“Revision is when you first get to recognize the distance between what you wanted to write, what you thought you were writing, and what you actually did write. That recognition often makes you want to throw up.” -Carolyn See Let’s say you are listening to the...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
