How to Write Photo-Plays (1915)

Record Details:

Title:
How to Write Photo-Plays
Date:
1915
Volume:
How to Write Photo-Plays
Leaf #:
00088
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Photoplay writing
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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84 HOW TO WRITE PHOTO PLAYS brings in the money, though it cannot do so without the editorial department's product — the news. DO YOU KNOW? Do you know that no matter how many years you would work on a plot, it would never be anywhere near complete ? This may sound like a needless statement to some, but we believe that there are many amateurs in the game today who firmly believe that there is a certain mental rule which they must acquire somewhere which will enable them to mechanically turn out plots which are measured and tied up in neat packages of the same dimensions, and which are complete and unchangeable in every detail. Writers laboring under this impression are handicapped. They may have a scenario which is perfectly balanced dramatically and artistically, and still feel that it is not worthy of submission because they have not yet acquired the "something" which will enable them to write salable scripts. This feeling in writers certainly is not as common as the one which prompts them to believe that all they write will sell, despite the shortage of brain work in some of it, but it is equally as fatal to success, and should be overcome. It is very true that an amateur is more likely to underdevelop the idea which he gets because of the lack of experience, but there is no reason why he should not carefully study the screen and apply his studies to his own script, thereby getting a fair idea of how well he has