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play. This time, lie did not forget to send his name and address, so the company was able to explain the dilemma and send the writer a check. It is not necessary to write a letter when sending a script to a producer. Your object is self-evident and, if you do not forget to affix your name and address, you will hear from the company within a couple of weeks. But you need not worry if that space of time is exceeded; you must make up your mind to be patient, for those scenario editors are very busy men and they make their decisions as promptly as is compatible with deliberate j udgment. PRICES PAID FOR SCENARIOS It is usual to leave the price of a script to the judg- ment of the editor, but if you have any definite idea of what you want for your play, mark the price on the first page. But I advise you not; to make it exorbitant. There is a mistaken idea abroad that enormous prices are paid for scenarios. It is as well to eradicate that idea at once and save yourself future disappointment. Prices range from five dollars to one hundred dollars, according to orig- inality and value to the purchasing company. The average price is twenty dollars. But any company is only too glad to pay fifty dollars for a good plot that is worked out with original situations. Such a scenario, they say, is a rare find. A writer who gets as much as one hundred dollars is either a writer of note or one who submits a wonderfully brilliant piece of work. So, don't listen to the wild tales of fortunes to be made, but buckle down with the sane idea that there is a big market for good photoplays and that for a writer who has the ability and observes the suggestions laid down in this book and works honestly, there is a nice little revenue to be counted on. 28