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150 TECHNIQUE OF THE PHOTOPLAY Never throw away an idea. Even if you are told that the theme has been used before, do not discard the story. There may be something good in the arrangement or business that you can use with another theme. There is just one secret of success and that is work, hard faithful work intelligently directed. Every man who today en- joys success has at one time stood where you are standing now. Every Editor, every photoplaywright has at one time been a novice, has met the trails and disappointments of the beginner, has overcome the obstacles and fought his way to success through work. There is not a man in the business who will not ascribe •his success to hard work if he is entirely honest. A few of us came up from the start of motion pictures and progressed so gradually that the amount of effort was not realized, but even those who were in the business in the old fifty-foot days and who progressed with the business have worked, but have spread over ten or fifteen years the work you may accomplish in one or two. This is one point wherein you may receive no help from an- other. No one can do your work for you, no matter how much you are willing to pay, and no one can think for you nor teach you to think. It is entirely your own effort that will bring you success, but your success will be the sweeter because it has been hardly won. You may be able to think quickly, to use your imagination intelligently and so make more speedy progress than another, you may even gain some measure of success for a time with no very great amount of labor, but no matter how quick you may be to adapt yourself to conditions and produce for a time plots that will please, in the end you will find that there is but one foundation for a real and lasting success and that is hard work. Don't cheat yourself by shirking. If you would be a success, be prepared for work and remember that the sooner you do the preparatory work that must be done, no matter who you may be, the sooner will you gain success.