This paper describes a strategy for automatically converting fiction text into 3D animations. It assumes the existence of fiction text annotated with avatar, object, setting, transition and relation annotations, and presents a transformation process that converts annotat ed text into quantified constraint systems, the solutions to which are used in the population of 3D environments. Constraint solutions are valid over temporal intervals, ensuring that consistent dyna mic behaviour is produced. A substantial level of automation is achieved, while providing opportuniti es for creative manual intervention in animation process. The process is demonstrat ed using annotated examples drawn from popular fiction text that are converted into animation sequences, confirming that the desired results can be achieved with only high- level human direction.