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104 PHOTOPLAY FORM playwrights. His differs from others in that he uses a sheet of stand- ard size on which are printed four of these forms, separated by per- forating rule that they may be torn apart after writing. This has the very decided advantage of requiring that the sheet and carbon be handled only once Jo each four pages. Mr. Hall's sheet, it will be seen, provides a space for the leader on the page. As showing the care with which he writes note the instructions that the candles have been burning for twenty minutes. 20. jSIr. Hall formerly used a wide variety of colors and his script of "The Beloved Adventurer"' is probably the first to be bound into a regular book by a bookbinder. It forms a book several inches thick and employs eight or ten contrasting colors to indicate various things. He has now dropped the color scheme. 21. In any case two sets are made up, one for the director and the other for his assistant A five reel play of four hundred scenes will eat up more than a thousand sheets of paper, which is another reason why a loose leaf should not be made until it is asked for. Carbons are alivays to be made of any script in no matter what fashion it may be prepared. The studio is apt to ask for one and the author should retain one. If a script is lost in the mails or the studio then the car- bon can be copied. In making carbon copies it will sometimes be found that the sheets will not go into the paper carriage of the type- writer without mussing or slipping. Take a sheet of paper and tear it in two. Fold one half of this the long way and slip over the top of the "pack" of paper and carbons and you will have no further trouble. The pack is run through the machine to the point where this paper guide can be removed and then turned back. 22. In this and in the chapter on Tools of the Trade it may seem that the subject is gone into with unnecessary detail. This is because the writer knows how important first impressions are to Editors. The plot is the thing, but the plot that is most attractively prepared will appeal most strongly to the Editor, who cannot help being influenced, if only unconsciously, by the feel of the paper, the neat appearance of the writing, the arrangement of the page, the general air of knowingness. This does not mean that he wall be swayed by hand painted covers and the other devices of the very raw novice. He wants the script workmanlike because he will believe that the man who can put out a script in exactly the proper form knows more about the work than the writer who uses the wrong sort of paper, who does fancy ruling, offers too much unessential explanation or who violates any of the rules of experience and good sense. Doing things just right will not only help the sale of a script, but it will help to bring a better price, as well. If for no other reason than this, it will pay the author to take pains. (4.XXXVII^3 LXIVrn r5.LXX:15) (6.XXXIII.2) (9.11:6) n3.LXV:42) (21.V:4) (22.11:6).