"How I did it," ([c1922])

Record Details:

Title:
"How I did it,"
Date:
[c1922]
Publisher:
Los Angeles, Calif. : The Whittingham press
Volume:
"How I did it,"
Leaf #:
00053
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
University of California Libraries
Sponsor:
MSN
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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"How I Did It" ferent; that it has never been done before. Everything in the story line has been done before. There is nothing original in fiction. Anything which is different is original. Therefore, I desire to rise up and decry that word "original" in connection with its use with screen stories. It is a grossly misused term as applied to the writing of stories, whether they be for the screen, magazine or stage. Very few things that are being done in the world today are original. Most every- thing has been done before. A writer who submits his story to a producer with the statement that it is original, is brave indeed. I would not care to state that "Vive la France," "The New Moon," "The Virgin of StambouF 'or "The Great Redeemer" were original stories. They were based on fact, and anything inspired by actuality cannot be origi- nal. Almost every story I have written has been an elaboration of something which hap- pened in real life. Therefore, I consider none of them original. I think we should ban that word "original" from our moving picture par- 26