Writing for an animated film is like painting on an infinite canvas—there are literally no bounds. You don’t have to worry about expensive or dangerous stunts, keeping your sets small for the ...

Now that you know how to write action lines in a script, it’s time to put things to the test. Stop reading and start writing that screenplay.

So to help launch Variety ‘s new “ Hollywood How-To ” video series on writing a script, we asked Lindelof to talk through some of his process as a television writer. Here’s what he had to say.