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How to Write for Animation Paperback – June 1, 2003

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In recent years, the world of animation has expanded far beyond the Saturday morning cartoons that generations of Americans grew up watching. Recent years have seen a boom in animation―hit prime-time television series, blockbuster cutting-edge digitally animated features, conventional animation. The expanding market is luring writers who have an eye toward the future and an eagerness to work in a medium where the only limit is the depth on one’s imagination. With step-by-step instructions and the insights of a seasoned veteran, award-winning animation writer Jeffrey Scott details the process of developing even the vaguest of ideas into a fully realized animation script. He details every stop on the road from inspiration to presentation, with sections on premises, outlines, treatments, description, and dialogue, and much more.

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Harry N. Abrams
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2003
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1585674281
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"As one of the top names in the animation field, a man who's done it all and done it with style, Jeffrey Scott has not only given us the result of years of invaluable experience, but a damn good read as well."

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Jeffrey Scott is one of animation's most acclaimed writers. He has written over six hundred animated television scripts for such series as Superfriends, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. His work has been recognized with three Emmy Awards and a Humanitas Prize.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harry N. Abrams; Reissue edition (June 1, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1585674281
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1585674282
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 0.75 x 10.13 inches

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Phil

A solid guide on writing for animation!

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2017

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Jeffrey Scott's book is very easy to understand and fun to read. Scott explains several examples of his own work and shows how to develop a premise, find your story beats, write an outline, and finally a script. He gives great advice on rewriting and writing humor as well. There are some advanced tips for those already familiar with animation writing. No matter your experience level, you'll probably find yourself referring back to this book while working on your projects.
This book was published in the early 2000s, so it lacks information about online animation. It would be nice to have an updated version with more about writing for a web series, but I think that it's still very useful as is. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone interested in writing for animation.

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Akau Anyieth

Excellent and a wealth of knowledge!

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2020

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This book gives an insider view of the world on an animation writer, and how to succeed. There is nothing else in the market like it. After I finished the book I sat back in nostalgia and watched the opening themes off all the shows that he worked through youtube. Extreme nostalgia.

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Arturo Toledo

Like having a coffee with your pal Jeffrey...

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2007

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I didn't know who he was before buying the book but you bet I learned who he is and what he's done. Great person to read and learn from. The book was very inspiring but specially was technically estimulating to the level that for the first time in my life I think I can give it a shot and write something. He explained writing the script not as an art but a science. Most of the times when he mentioned that writing is also an art he refered to this a "something that takes years to develop" so instead of making me feel bad about this, he went ahead and taught me the basics, the basic structure, the basic approach and it was killer to have some actual samples of his work the reinforcing his words. The books is technical so dont expect an "about my life" book which is great... it's clear that Jeffrey has forged his talent and reputation by his work and not by saying how great he is. The book starts technical and ends in a more conversational way when Jeffrey tells you his "points of view" on different media types including internet. One thing I would love to ask him is to release an updated edition or even a new book on writing for a) writing for the internet and b) full length picture writing. When he wrote this book, internet animation was booming, now it's here so, some advice from him on this regard would be useful.

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E. Karadimas

Simply great

Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2019

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Living in a country with almost no animation tradition and the worst tradition in writing for animation, this book is an apocalypse and, though I won't write scripts for animation, it helps me guide writers to write for animation. Even experienced ones.

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W. Hamann

Great Explanation of Process

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2020

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Found this book very informative from the explanations of types of animation to the industry to the process of writing a script.

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Kindle edition is not edited properly. During the chapter ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2016

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Kindle edition is not edited properly. During the chapter on reading the script, the character's names are typed diagonally, which makes it cumbersome. I then spent 30 minutes on the phone with Amazon Kindle Customer Service, and they are processing a refund. Since I can't finish the rest of the book, I can only give 3 stars. And whoever edits the Kindle edition needs to have his/her head checked. I've seen so many errors with Kindle editions of books that I wonder if Kindle ebook formatting and editing is outsourced to a foreign country where English is not the first language.

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Cari K

GREAT BOOK FOR WRITERS WHO WANT TO GET INTO ANIMATION

Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2020

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Loved this book- easy read and insightful. I really enjoyed it.

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Rick Potter

Learned from a Master

Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2017

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Great info., more than a class could ever teach. Don't sweat the small errors in the book. If nothing else, it's a good exercise in writing action.Thanks, Jeffrey.

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Shabazzy

As essential to writing scripts as ink is to a pen.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 8, 2014

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Wow.

I've been animating for over 20 years as a self taught animator (not for the faint hearted) but have never really learned how to write a script. I've wanted to for a long time, but never really made enough of an effort to do it.

But one day I came across an article on the Animation World News website about Jefferey Scott's book and how useful it is as a practical approach to learning how to write scripts for animation.

So I got it.

I was not disappointed. If you want to understand how the pros do it and you're time is limited, this is the book for you. It cuts right to the chase and gives a completely comprehensive guide on the techniques used and developed by a Emmy award winning writer who's been writing scripts professionally since the 1970s.

From how the Hollywood industry works for writers. To how to take that nugget of an idea out of your head and use the steps he's made to form it into a fully completed professional script. To how to pitch it, sell it and position yourself to getting commissioned by the studio execs.

I personally just wanted to know the mechanics on how to create a scripts, so that I can develop my own animated projects and this book gave me that and much more than I bargained for. It has helped me understand the logic to script writing in a quick, practical and easy to understand way.

Buy it.

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Dwayne

Thank youuuuuuuu

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2021

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As ana ambitious animation screenwriter this book was extremely helpful. Scott’s honest view of the industry back then and it’s trends clearly came through. What I love most about the book is that he didn’t try to present something he is unfamiliar with. He stuck to his niche and gave you enough to prepare you for the industry and to start writing right away.

Great book for those wanting to write for the animation business

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TG

Enormously useful and interesting

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2010

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How to write a good premise, Identifying and ordering the beats, Expanding to an outline, The full script and, then, getting somebody interested in it.
All superbly written with great, 'real-life' examples (I just *had* to go watch the TMNT episode to see how it turned out) including hints/tips/advice.
Admittedly, on first reading, I thought it too detailed a process for my hobbyist interest The improvement in, at least, the planning is remarkable. My written scenes are far leaner, more readable and better paced. My previous haphazard (I liked to think of it as dynamic) method caused too many omissions and clunky scenes while this method seems to highlight areas for improvement.
Would recommend to anybody who would like a proven premise-to-script method to their script-writing.

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Mr Watson

Great book for aspiring animation writers.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 9, 2016

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This book has been really helpful. As an animator who wanted to start dabbling in a bit of writing this book was perfect. It takes you through the entire process from outline to script and offers great advice about different show lengths (7min, 25min etc) and what style of writing might best suit your strengths. So if like me you're an animator without writing experience then a more slapstick style is encouraged. I can see myself coming back to this book over time as it's full of really useful tips and working methods.

StudentUSW

but I've already learned some good tips.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 18, 2017

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Haven't finished reading the book yet, but I've already learned some good tips.

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