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How to prepare for writing a Stage Play for the Theatre (Theater)

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 24, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre, Writing Advice and Resources

Script Frenzy is coming up (the challenge to write a 30 day script in the month of April from the makers of NaNoWriMo) and you are thinking about writing a Stage Play. Whether you are a frequent playwright or stage performer or someone who doesn’t know when to...

Review of Grossmont High School’s production of The Love of Three Oranges

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 23, 2010 | External Stimuli, My Writing, Uncategorized

Just wanted to point out this review of The Love of Three Oranges as written by the sister of a cast member. The author wrote lots of very nice things about the play in general and I thank her for it!You can read the review here.

Clear Lake High School gets media coverage for The Love of Three Oranges

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 11, 2010 | My Writing, Uncategorized

The Globe Gazette did a nice little piece on Clear Lake High School’s production of The Love of Three Oranges last weekend which you can read here. I would have happily posted it before their production but, sadly, Google Alerts don’t do you a lot of good...

my favorite quote about revising your writing

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 11, 2010 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

(I’ve posted this before but it bears repeating.)On good days, everything goes right and I have the whole script executed from start to finish within four or five hours. On bad days I write the whole script in four or five hours, realise that it’s useless,...
Random plot generators for writer’s block (& a laugh)

Random plot generators for writer’s block (& a laugh)

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 9, 2010 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre

If you are stuck for an idea for Script Frenzy, NaNoWriMo or another other project, sometimes you just need a little creative push. Or maybe you have a few seconds to kill and you just want a laugh. Either way, a random plot generator can help you out either way....

Finish the book. Then worry about everything else. Seriously!

by Hillary DePiano | Jan 28, 2010 | Announcements, Evergreen, In Their Words, Living the Writing Life, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration

I wanted to take a moment to highlight this fantastic tweet from Anita Doreen Diggs. You can follow her on Twitter here @AnitaDiggs Finish your proposal (nonfiction) or manuscript (fiction) before worrying about agents, Kindles, e-books, the book tour, etc. There is...
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