by Hillary DePiano | Nov 7, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
I have talked to so many would-be writers whose writing dreams stalled before they had begun and all for the same reason: when they started writing, what they wrote was so bad they just couldn’t continue. What if they just weren’t good enough to be a...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 6, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
Comparisons and competition Back in school, what were you told every time you took a test? Eyes on your own paper! And yet, as we test the waters of our writing life, we can’t seem to resist taking a peek at what our neighbor is doing. Your favorite books have...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 5, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
How fast do you write? Do you know your actual your words per minute? It’s worth figuring out for setting deadlines and planning projects. It’s particularly handy for when you see an opportunity you want to submit to because you can figure out whether you...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 4, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
What does Butt in chair mean? A bit of writing advice you’ll see a lot is, “Butt in chair!” But what the heck does that mean? I can do a heck of a lot of things with my butt in a chair that have nothing whatsoever to do with writing! I also do a fair...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 3, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
Once you’ve given yourself permission to write, you’ll realize that’s not enough. Because it’s one thing to say, “Yes, I will write!” and another to do it. You’ve already got a whole life crammed into 24 hours a day, and there...
by Hillary DePiano | Nov 2, 2019 | Evergreen, My Writing, On Writing: Craft and Commiseration, Uncategorized
“It sounds amazing in my head but when I write it down, it’s terrible!” Does this sound familiar? You’ve got this fantastic scene in mind, the whole thing is just RIGHT THERE fully formed in your head, and all you need to do is write it down!...
Hillary DePiano is a playwright, fiction and non-fiction writer who loves writing of all kinds except for writing bios like this.
