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158 TECHNIQUE OF THE PHOTOPLAY Should I write the leaders and inserts in red ink? Most editors prefer an all-black ribbon. Should I single or double space? It is best to single space scenes and use a double space between scenes, between scenes and leaders, and between parts of scenes and an insert. Can I have part of the action occur in a foreign country? It can be done without much trouble if the foreign action is held to inside scenes, or very simple landscapes, but city streets or country houses or villages will not be convincing. Do they have to wait until it rains to make pictures in the rain? Sometimes a sprinkler system is used. Will it help to send post card pictures or photographs that look like the scenes I want? Nothing of this sort should be sent. The director will do the best he can with what is at hand. Can I write a series of stories about the same character and sell them to different studios if one will not take them all? This may be done if the stories are not too much alike, but it would be better to change the name of the character. Can anyone contribute to a series of stories? Anyone can offer stories that will fit a series, but generally these series plays are written by one or more authors in close touch with the studio. Will it help me to take a course in acting for motion pictures? It will not be of any assistance. Practically all of these schools are frauds. Is it better for a woman to use a masculine pen name? This is not necessary. Some of the best paid and most prolific writers are women. There is no preference shown. Is it best to let an agent handle my manuscripts?. It is better that you sell your scripts direct. In many studios there is a prejudice against the agent, and in none is the agent favored. Will it pay to hire someone to revise my scripts? It will not pay. Revision may put your idea into better tech- nical form, but it will not better the idea, and it is the idea that is the principal factor in a sale. If f after I have sent out a script, I think of a better way of ending the story, should I write and tell the editor? No. If the script sells, you will not need to change . If it is returned, you can make the change after it comes back. Should I send a letter and a script in the same envelopef That depends on the nature of the letter. If you have to write