For author, community organizer, and gardener Mario DeMatteo, sharing and giving are his biggest motivators along his own personal hero's journey.

In this episode of The Written Scene, Mario talks about his lifelong love of telling stories, the difference Glassless Minds has made in his life, what higher education can and can't do for a writer, the joy of discovering he can still write after his accident, finding purpose in suffering, determining the most important beats when adapting an already written story to a graphic novel, the importance of gardening and its connection to his writing, what forming community and sharing with others can do for the soul, reasons to write for both yourself and for others, and so much more.

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Music: Addis Ababa by Eshi Era