by Hillary DePiano | Sep 3, 2021 | Announcements, News, Contests and Giveaways, Playwriting, Published
Long time no chat! I’m still on my hiatus from social media but I want to pop in with some exciting news! My first play specifically for elementary school aged performers and up, The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Storm, is now available exclusively through...
by Hillary DePiano | Apr 17, 2020 | Evergreen, Goosed, Pentamerone (Tale of Tales), Playwriting
Whenever I adapt something, people always ask me what it was that I loved about the original that made me adapt it and, 9 times out of 10, I don’t adapt something because I love it but rather because I absolutely hate it and want to fix it. But this was not the...
by Hillary DePiano | Dec 29, 2019 | My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Personally..., Playwriting, The Whine Seller & e-commerce, Word Count Updates and Writing Goals
In a few days, we’ll be celebrating New Year’s Eve 2019 which marks not just the end of the year but also the decade. Social media has been abuzz for weeks with the twin takes of “Make a list of what you accomplished in the last 10 years!” and...
by Hillary DePiano | Feb 27, 2019 | Playwriting, The Love of Three Oranges
Did you see this awesome profile of J’Kalein Madison, a young actor making a splash in the local theatre scene in Waterloo, Iowa? What’s particularly cool is that Madison is a graduate of Waterloo West High School and had this to say about his theatre experience...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 20, 2018 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting
Hi Hillary, I’m an author and I’ve worked with editors/publishers with my book. I understand that process but as a new playwright, I’m not sure how to go about getting my 3 plays critiqued, edited and proofread. I’m an indie author and self...
by Hillary DePiano | Aug 13, 2018 | Evergreen, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Playwriting
If you’re a YA writer having trouble breaking in, you might be better off getting started with writing YA plays first. I’ve been meaning to write a post about this for ages but then this question came in from the mailbag which gave me the perfect...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
