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152 TECHNIQUE OF THE PHOTOPLAY What should I do if no reply comes? Wait from two to four weeks. Write again, again enclosing a stamped and self-addressed envelope. Register the letter and state at the time of registering that you desire a receipt. Suppose there is still no reply? Notify the company that you withdraw the script, using the form given in Chapter XXII. Suppose that they use the script and do not send a check? They may have lost your address, or you may have neglected to put it on the script in the first place. Assume this to be the case and write the editor, stating the facts. Enclose the usual stamped and self-addressed envelope. If no reply is returned, write again, addressing the Proprietor or President of the com- pany. If this letter is not replied to, consult a lawyer if you desire, though his fee will probably eat up the check from the company. Suppose that my script is returned and the company then makes my story? Regret that someone else probably wrote the story more at- tractively than you did. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred this will be the case. To whom should the manuscript be addressed? To "The Editor of Photoplays," or to "The Manuscript De- partment." Scripts should not be addressed to individuals unless your personal friendship with that one addressed warrants you in doing so. What does the rejection slip mean? Precisely what it generally says. The company cannot use your story for some reason, so it returns it. Is it favorable or ^unfavorable? It is neither or both, as you will. It is a favorable sign if the editor adds a word or two of encouragement or suggestion in his own handwriting. What does "not available" mean? It means that the company canrot use your script. This may be because they have others of similar class, because they use none of that class, or because they do not like it for any one of a thousand possible reasons. Should I register my manuscript? It is seldom necessary if you use a stout envelope of the proper size. It sometimes delays a script to be registered, and the fact that it is registered will not impress the editor with its worth. Do companies give receipts for manuscripts? Seldom, if ever, now. The courtesy was abused.