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Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #38 An Infinity of Ideas

When I started out as a story editor at Hanna-Barbera, a woman came into my office…

Guest Column ‘HTWFA’  | #37 How to prosper in toon town

Let me offer a few pieces of advice that may help you live long and prosper…

Guest Column ‘HTWFA’ | #36 How to pitch your project

People have been selling things to people since the serpent sold Eve the apple. As much…

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…