TY - BOOK AU - Marx,Christy TI - Write your way into animation and games: create a writing career in animation and games SN - 9780240813431 (pbk.) AV - PN1996 .M44 2010 U1 - 808.2/3 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Burlington, MA PB - Focal Press/Elsevier KW - Animated films KW - Authorship KW - Video games N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Writing for animation. Animation terminology ; The basics ; Basic animation writing structure ; Developing characters ; Animation comedy and gag writing ; The animated feature ; The pitch ; Breaking and entering ; Agents, networking, and finding work -- Writing for games. Writing vs. design ; Interactivity and its effects ; Old tools/new tools ; Interactive media and the writer ; Creating a work of digital storytelling : the development process ; The script format ; Script and proposal formatting ; Interactive multimedia narrative and linear narrative ; The elements of interactive multimedia narrative ; Designing simulation stories from tacit knowledge ; Simulation stories and free play ; Experience management ; Back story and free play ; Stories in state-of-the-art serious games ; Working as a digital storyteller ; Creating your own showcase ; Breaking and entering ER -