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Script Frenzy is dead. Long live Script Frenzy.

Script Frenzy is dead. Long live Script Frenzy.

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 27, 2013 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre

As we discussed at length last week, Script Frenzy has been cancelled and I was annoyed but I’ve come to peace with it. But when one door closes, another opens and I’m excited to keep the Screnzy alive unofficially through Camp NaNoWriMo. But before we get...
In which I go through many of the stages of grief over Script Frenzy

In which I go through many of the stages of grief over Script Frenzy

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 18, 2013 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre

By now most of you will have heard the news but for those that haven’t: Script Frenzy has been cancelled. I promised you back in this post that we’d discuss this more and I haven’t yet because, frankly, the whole thing leaves a terrible taste in my...
Why you should snag some of the super cheap Script Frenzy merchandise before it’s gone forever

Why you should snag some of the super cheap Script Frenzy merchandise before it’s gone forever

by Hillary DePiano | Mar 12, 2013 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre

While I’ve got a couple of posts about Script Frenzy the event coming up, I wanted to pop in to quickly let you guys know that The Office of Letters and Light is having a crazy clearance sale of everything Script Frenzy related. This is the very last chance to...
Writing something new: the terror of beginning

Writing something new: the terror of beginning

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 1, 2012 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre

It doesn’t matter whether this is the first thing you’ve ever written or your thirty first. You’ve got a new idea. You’re completely excited about it. You sit down to write it and… ugh. Because that cursor just blinks forever at you and...
The Office of Letters and Light discontinues NaNoWriMo’s sister event, Script Frenzy

The Office of Letters and Light discontinues NaNoWriMo’s sister event, Script Frenzy

by Hillary DePiano | Jun 26, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre

While I’ll have my own thoughts and analysis on this available in a later post, here’s the official word from the OLL today: Dear Scriptwriters, One thing that has made us proud over the years is how many people can call themselves scriptwriters because of...
Contest: Win 5 print copies of your book just for signing up for Camp NaNoWriMo

Contest: Win 5 print copies of your book just for signing up for Camp NaNoWriMo

by Hillary DePiano | May 7, 2012 | Announcements, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre

Camp NaNoWriMo is coming up with June and August sessions this summer and I want you to give it a try. Did you attempt NaNoWriMo in the past but fell short of the 50,000 word goal? Were you totally jealous of the winners and their winner goodies? Or have you always...
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Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
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