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Tag: animation writing
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #35 How to break into animation writing without an agent
There are five simple steps that, if done with intelligence, creativity, and persistence, will help you…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #34 How to sell your script or series
You can be short, tall, male, female, pimply, smell bad, or have eyebrow rings, but if…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #33 Do I need an agent?
Believe it or not, up until the mid-1980s there really was no such thing as animation…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #32 Writing a pilot script
The final part of the development process is the pilot script. A pilot has one of…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #31 The four vital elements of an animated series bible
A animated series bible must include the following four elements: The World A bible lays out…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #30 The basic elements of an animated series
The basic elements of animated TV series development are concept, presentation, bible, and pilot. The concept…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #29 Making your series more sellable
In our world of vast media conglomerates with their unquenchable thirst for dollars, one thing that…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #28 Real vs. Cartoonish characters
There are two basic types of characters in animation. Real ones and cartoony ones. Real characters…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #27 Developing your series concept
Once you come up with an idea for a series you have to develop it. In…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #26 Choosing a series idea
One way to choose a concept for a series is to look at what’s getting high…
Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #25 Creating an animated series
Instead of writing a sample cartoon script with the hope of getting work on someone else’s…
