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CHAPTER XXVI 101 7. Form consists of a title, a synopsis, a cast of cfmracters, a scene plot and the plot of action, all of which will be more fully treated as individual topics in succeeding chapters. The plot of action, which is more properly termed the scenario than the play as a whole, is sup- plied with leaders and other inserts. 8. The paper used is generally a heavy white stock eight and one- half by eleven inches. This is the standard typewriter paper or letter size. Some studios prefer the foolscap sheet, but the number asking this is few and you are never wrong if you use what all practical authors use. There is a size half an inch smaller each way. This is sometimes used, but it seems small—stingy, if you will—beside the other, and does not make so good an impression. A few use paper of standard width and but half the length, but this is not convenient and the oddity may mark you as a faddist. It is a descent from fiction writing where this size paper is supposed to be more easily handled. 9. Photoplays should not be bound either with permanent clips or by pasting or sewing, nor yet by punching the leaves and threading with a ribbon. The sheets should not be punched save where loose leaf binders are to be used, as will be explained presently, and there should be no marginal or other rulings. A single clip, preferably a brass Niagara, should be put on the upper left-hand corner. Nothing more should be used. Editors like to remove the clip and handle the sheets loose. FAKCE COMEDY DFkAMA Interior scenes in settings j Exterior scenes in locations Scenes in all. Figure 1. A manuscript backing 10. If desired a backing sheet may be used. This is the usual manu- script cover, which comes in size nine by fifteen inches. It is better to have this cut down to twelve and a half inches, turning over the sheet and the top. If desired, and you are firmly established, you can print up the backing sheets with your address and some such form as Figure 1.