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follow the rules, by all means, try it your way! The most important ingredient in good

storytelling is a writer who really cares about the story, the characters, and the audience, and

succeeds in telling that story in the most effective way.

It’s important that animation professionals learn story. Most animation schools teach

artists who would prefer to draw rather than write. But the lack of a solid writing back-

ground is obvious throughout the industry. Whether professionals develop their stories

as story development drawings, storyboards, or scripts, professional storytelling skills are

all-important!

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