MICHAEL DANTE DiMARTINO

Bryan and I were guests on the Nerdist Writer’s Panel podcast with Ben Blacker. We talked about the creation of the show, the move to...

New look! New blog! Well, not exactly… I want to evolve this blog from being story-centric, to creativity-encompassing. There is a lot of...

I thought Superman’s time had long past. And I didn’t expect to enjoy the new movie as much as I did. How can there be anything...

In writing my last blog post and reading all of your thoughtful comments, I feel that there is a lot more to explore about this topic....

Following the Aurora shooting, Gangster Squad’s release was delayed and a scene in which a shooting occurred in a movie theater was...

This past Saturday I went to a great panel at the television academy for Breaking Bad. Hosted by Conan O’Brien (who it turns out is a...

I came across this video from the World Science Festival called, Why We Tell Stories: Science of Narrative. In searching the web for...

The first part of The Search was released in comic book stores today and should be in wide release in the next couple of weeks. And so...

Sketchnotes for “The Great Cauldron of Story” with Maria Tatar (Photo credit: On Being) In this fascinating interview with Krista...

How is a story able to draw you in, capture your imagination, and keep you coming back for more? Why do we get addicted to marathoning...

In the book Winning The Story Wars, author Jonah Sachs defines a story this way: “Stories are a particular type of human communication...

I learned about the amazing story of Vivian Maier last year and I’ve been hooked on it ever since.  It has everything that makes for a...

Like El Capitan in Yosemite, Badwater is one of those iconic locations that photographers love to visit and capture with their cameras....

The Academy Awards are next week, and looking over the list of best picture nominees, I’m surprised I’ve actually seen a majority of the...

Could reading a story about an experience and encountering it in real life have the same effect on our brain? There are scientists...

Think you know the story of Icarus? Yeah, I thought I did too, until I read Seth Godin’s fantastic and most recent book, “The Icarus...

For the past ten years, most of my creative energy has been devoted to co-creating the world, characters, and stories for the animated...