Motion Picture Story Magazine (Feb 1914 - Sep 1916 (assorted issues))

MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE 151 « PS Be A WRITER m At Home * i>5pai?eTime You Will Be Interested in This Story! One night last Spring a Young Man dropped Into a Moving Picture Theater with a friend. A "Blood-and-Tliunder" Western story was being shown— you know the kind. "Pshaw!" said the Young Man, "I could write a better story than that." "Why don't you?" asked his friend. That 6tarted the Young Man to thinking and he investigated. Here Is What He Found! He found that twenty million people attend thirty thousand moving picture theaters in the United States everyday. •"Surely," he thought, "it must require quite a number of motion picture plays to entertain all these people." So he investigated further. He found that the demand for good moving picture plays exceeds the supply— that there are more moving picture plays bought each month by producers than there are stories by all the high-class magazines in the United States combined — that the producer* pay from $15.00 to $100.00 for good playti, and carry standing advert isements in the magazines inviting writers to submit their work. He found that many men and women — clerks, teachers, stenographers, students, housewives ■ — people in all walks of life, with no literary training whatever — were making money in their s^are time wTiting these plays. This was enough for the Young Man. He took up the work himself. L.e found to hi3 delight that his lack of literary training was no "handicap, no descriptions or conversation to supply — just IDEAS developed into plays under the simple rules required by the producers. In six months he was earning more than his regular salary writing plays at home in the evening. His job interfered with his writing, so he quit his job. More than this — he is his own boss now. Remember, this Young Man is no genius — he had never written a story In his life — he simply saw an opportunity and GRASPED IT. You Can Succeed in This Work Your Ideas Are Worth Money Literary Training Not Necessary You have had Ideas which you thought would make good moving picture plays — better than some you have seen on the screen. If you haven't, suppose you give the matter a little thought. Go to the theater tonight. Note how simple the stories are — yet these simple little plays brought their writers §25.03, $50.00 or $103.00 each. How about that incident at the office or in your home, or that you heard or read about? Don't keep it bottled up — write a motion picture play around it and sell it for $25.00 or more. If you are possessed of imagination — and who is not?lf you are ambitious and can use more money tnan you are maLinT now — If you have tried to become a story writer and failed because of insufficient literary training — THE MOTION PICTURE PLAY OFFERS A SHORT CUT TO SUCCESS! Think of seeing YOUR OWN IDEAS on the screen in your own town, friends! This is to experience cannot be described. ? YOUR OWN IDEAS a*i S wn, before your a satisfaction that ##'^)V DOLLARS A$$K& PICTURE / SCHOOL Dept. S Learn all about this fascinating sparetime work There is MONEY and FAME to J „ be gained in this new profession, jr. 5 if you start NOW! We have #' prepared an interesting catalogue which tells all about the J Vjr You can make $50,00 to $100.00 a month in your spare time Others are doing it! You have the ideas! Let us teach you how to use them in this new ani profitable work. Our simple and interesting Course witl teach you everything you need to know to succeed, how to write and how to SELL your plays. Our Course has been prepared by a WRITER OF NATIONAL REPUTATION. You probably have enjoyed many of his plays on the screen. He will give you his PERSONAL HELP AND ADVICE throughout the Course. He will teach you his methods, by which he SUCCEEDED. AUTHORS' MOTION PICTURE SCHOOL Dept. S 122 So. Michigan Ave., Chicago, III. ./cP/' . 122 So. Michigan Ave. V CHICAGO, ILL. Iam interested in learning how to write CTURE send me a particulars method of Name. illlillllllilllilllll^ iiiihiii,!;,.!ii,., ■ J Address City. .State. When answering advertisements kindly mention MOTION PICTURE MAGAZINE.