MICHAEL DANTE DiMARTINO

This is a guest blog post I wrote for Hypable: Tackling a creative project is exciting and full of promise, but once we begin, the...

In May 2016, I did an interview with Mashable about Rebel Genius. Click here to read!

I’m thrilled to finally be able to announce what I’ve been working since Korra wrapped. I’m writing and illustrating a 3-book...

Now that Korra and Asami’s final moment is out in the world, it seems like an appropriate time to express how I feel about it. I didn’t...

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...

In the final part of this series on “Beginnings, Part 1”, we’re going to take a look at the script — essentially the blueprint for all...

The premise has been written, we’re received notes from the network, and now we’re ready for phase two — the outline! Legend of...

This is the first of a 3-part post about the writing process for A:TLA and Legend of Korra. My goal is to describe the steps we take to...

How do we balance our creative minds with our critical minds? “If you take life absolutely seriously, you must realize there’s the...

“Where do you get your ideas?” is a common question lobbed at artists as if it’s a perfectly reasonable and easy question to answer. It’s...

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...

It was a long, at times difficult journey, but here we are at the end of Book 2: Spirits. It’s hard to believe, but we wrote the scripts...

As most of you know by now, at the end of The Search part 1, Zuko finds a letter from his father that suggests he may not be Ozai’s son...

For a long time, I never believed you could learn writing from a book. The writing process seemed too mysterious and magical to be...

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....

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...

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

Quick disclaimer — if you have adverse reactions to spoilers, then you might not want to read on. I finally watched Argo this weekend....

Since we read and watch stories in order to understand ourselves and our world, it follows that we are looking for meaning in story. In...