by Hillary DePiano | Apr 30, 2012 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
To everyone who has already crossed the finish line by writing the 100th page on their scripts, I offer a hearty congratulations! But if your page count is still a little bit less than 100 pages, you shouldn’t feel left out. There are still many hours left in...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 25, 2012 | On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
You offered to read your friend’s book. Or maybe it was a short story. Or a play. Either way, your friend wrote something and you promised to be a beta reader and give them some feedback. Except that now you’ve changed your mind. Maybe you’ve since...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 13, 2012 | External Stimuli, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally..., Playwriting and Theatre
I love that quote above. Obviously, when it comes to writing, it’s particularly relevant. So many writers lament that they just aren’t inspired to write or that their muse isn’t telling them what to write or whatever way they justify it to themselves...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 1, 2012 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
I won’t link to where I saw this to protect the innocent but there was a forum thread recently asking if Script Frenzy and the whole challenge to write 100 pages of a script in a month was just an April Fools joke. The posters were worried that they would be...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 29, 2012 | Living the Writing Life, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), Playwriting and Theatre
I know that some of you out there are as obsessive as me when it comes to trying to track your progress and work habits during Script Frenzy so I decided to share my personal calculator. It’s simple but very powerful. (If you aren’t sure why you should be taking...
by Hillary DePiano | Mar 23, 2012 | NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting and Theatre
The advice I’m about to give you really applies anytime you write a script but it especially applies if you’re a first time script writer. With Script Frenzy only about a week away, many aspiring script writers are about to dive into the process for the...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
