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

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Presentation that comes into your head and rush it to a producer. If you do, you'll get it back just as fast as the producer can get it to you. He gets hundreds of scripts written that way ev- ery week, and they are all returned to their respective authors. If you take your work as lightly as that, you mustn't be surprised when you get it back. You deserve to have it returned. The office of a producer it not a receptacle for slipshod scripts and slovenly- written plots. It's a high-class institution for the serious efforts of those who are sincere in their desire to contribute something really worth while to a great art. Spend a month, if necessary, in mental construction of the story you intend writing. Be absolutely certain that you have given it the thorough and careful consideration it is entitled to, and then sit down and start put- ting it into shape. Don't be satisfied with the first writing of it. Go over it with a critical eye and put your- self in the position of the purchaser. Study the action and go over each situation carefully with a view to seeing if you have gotten the 117