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PREPARATION OF YOUR SCRIPT If it is possible, always have your scenario typewritten. If you cannot type it yourself and know of no one who can do it for you, write it legibly in ink. This advice is very important, for the editorial departments of producing companies receive so many scripts that they have no time to puzzle over anything. Typewritten copy is always given preference over handwritten; and some of the editors refuse to read any but typewritten script. Among them are the editors of the Vitagraph, Kalem, and Edison companies. Use either foolscap sheets or business letter size—that is, 8^/2 by 11 inches. Write on one side of the paper only. Always keep a carbon copy of your script; in the event of its being lost in transit, you will not then have all your work to do over again. But do not send the copy to a company while the original is still under consideration with another. Wait until your scenario is rejected before you submit it else- where. Do not roll your script. Fold it in as few folds as possible and enclose in a legal size envelope with a stamped and addressed envelope for return. It is best to have the enclosed envelope a shade smaller than the outside one in order to obviate folding it; yet it should contain the script without making additional creases in the latter. Write your name and address on the first and last sheets of each script. Do not trust to the return envelope—it may become separated from the script. A short time ago, a play was accepted and immediately produced by one of the big companies. The writer had neglected to send either name or address, consequently he did not hear from the producer. However, soon after the play was released to the theatres, the author saw it and wrote in indignantly to the producer practically accusing him of stealing the 27