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Rethink how you think about your writing time and give yourself permission to write

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 10, 2015 | Evergreen, Uncategorized

Give yourself permission to write. Sounds simple, right? Sometimes it’s the hardest thing of all. If you’d rather read than watch, the original pep talk can be found...

Let yourself hit the sour notes

by Hillary DePiano | Nov 3, 2015 | Evergreen, NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized

Is it me or do I look incredibly stupid in every thumbnail? This one might be the worst yet! Anyway, if you’d rather read than listen, you can find the original...
Introducing Goosed! a new play in the style of classic Italian slapstick comedy

Introducing Goosed! a new play in the style of classic Italian slapstick comedy

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 22, 2015 | Announcements, My Writing, Uncategorized

It’s hard to say exactly what draws me to adaptation. Most of the time, I like something in it but hate the rest of it and I end up adapting it to “fix” whatever’s annoying me about the original. But every now and then, I read a story that just...
Prepare yourselves for a barrage of new one acts as I chop up my Tale of Tales full length play

Prepare yourselves for a barrage of new one acts as I chop up my Tale of Tales full length play

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 20, 2015 | My Writing, Uncategorized

It’s been 13 freaking years since I decided to read the Tale of Tales. Almost three years since I actually started reading it and realized I wanted to adapt, like, all of it. Nearly a year since I had to read it all over again because I realized I was reading an...
My play, Weak Days, to be featured in The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s New Play Festival this November

My play, Weak Days, to be featured in The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s New Play Festival this November

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 13, 2015 | Announcements, Me, but Elsewhere, My Writing, Uncategorized

In all the hubbub lately, I forgot to share that my play, Weak Days, won in the one-act category of The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s 16th Annual New Play Contest. They’ll be a reading of the play with minimal staging at The Chameleon Theatre Circle’s New...

On that blasted ankle of mine…

by Hillary DePiano | Oct 2, 2015 | External Stimuli, Uncategorized

My husband and I decided to take the little one to Disney World a few weeks ago because it was the last year we could do it in the off season without her missing school, there’d been a lot going on so we all badly needed a break and, well, YOLO basically. We had...
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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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