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PART II PLOTTING I T^LOTTIXG is easily the most important part of photoplay writing K^and should be given the earliest, most careful and constant study. Plots displayed in faulty technique may be disposed of, but tech- nique without plot is utterly without value. Plotting is the imagi- I native and creative part of photoplay writing. Form is merely the expression of the plot in the simplest and most direct manner. It will be best for the student first to master, through practice, plotting and the (development of plot. Let the first practice work be merely the orig- ination of plots with no attempt to develop them in detail, writing them simply as synopses. Later some of these ideas may be worked over and in the light of subsequent knowledge developed into suitable and salable material. Do not work overlong at one time on any one plot. Aim at first rather to write many of varying grades than merely a few good ones that are worked over and repolished. Each new plot will offer new angles which may be found applicable to other plots and themes. CHAPTER VII IMAGINATION THAT the prospective author should be able to spell with reason- able accuracy and to express his thoughts in grammatical form and clearness and force is to be understood. These are the signs of intelligence, and it requires intelligence to become a writer. But there is one even more important qualification without which it will be useless to seek to gain success as an author. This is imagination of the proper sort—the„creative imagination. 2. This is something that may 6e developed through study, but not acquired if it at least does not lie dormant. God alone can give imag- ination, and He, in His wisdom, has given to many men many minds. It would be a dire catastrophe should all men come into the world endowed with the same quality of imagination. To some men are given to understand and grasp the realization of concrete facts. Such men are fitted to be executives. They plan gigantic mergers, organize finan- cial coups and lead the armies of finance and commerce. Others of 18