by Hillary DePiano | Mar 1, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
Editing. Maybe you envision some proofreading, correcting a few typos, and trimming a few sections. But until you’ve actually edited an entire book or script you don’t really know quite what you’re in for. Here’s five things you should really...
by Hillary DePiano | Sep 22, 2011 | External Stimuli, Playwriting and Theatre
Playscripts was kind enough to invite me back to do a second guest blog post which just went up yesterday. This one’s called… Adapt or Perish! Five Things to Consider Before Starting an Adaptation If you have a second to visit their blog and read the whole...
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 | Jul 22, 2011 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
Those crazy kids over at The Office of Letters and Light, the people behind the Young Writers Program and insane things like National Novel Writing Month and Script Frenzy, (aka NaNoWriMo and Screnzy to the cool kids) have a brand new writing challenge they just...
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...
by Hillary DePiano | May 31, 2011 | Announcements, Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
The Office of Letters and Light, the ridiculously amazing non-profit behind NaNoWriMo, Script Frenzy and the Young Writer’s Program, is having a summer fundraising drive. They’re doing it to be able to afford “the guts” for their newest...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
