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188 CUT-BACKS AND FLASHES additional material will enable a greater resistance to be made. It is not possible to add material to a rubber band while it is being stretched. It is possible to add material to a sequence of scenes, so that the tension may be maintained without breaking through the presentation of new factors. So long as you can add to suspense through cutting back and at the same time can prevent attenuation by adding to the situation fresh plot-incident, so long can you con- tinue the process and no longer. 14. To illustrate, suppose that we take the above situation and stretch it until it breaks. We start: 44. Camp —Indians have Ben tied to stake—piling wood about him. 45. Brozv of hill —Cowboys ride in—look off—see—lash their horses —out. 46. Camp —Little Fawn pleading with her father, the Chief. 47. Prairie —Cowboys ride through. 48. Camp —Chief refuses Little Fawn's request. 49. Prairie —Cowboys ride through. 50. Camp —Little Fawn in despair. 51. Prairie —Cowboys ride through. 52. Camp —Little Fawn appeals to Medicine Man. 53. Prairie —Cowboys ride through. 54. Camp —Medicine Man pushes Little Fawn aside. 55. Prairie —Cowboys ride through. 56. Camp —Medicine Man goes to camp fire—Little Fawn weeps. 57. Prairie —Cowboys ride through. 58. Camp —Medicine Man comes with firebrand. 59. Prairie —Cowboys ride through. 60. Camp —Medicine Man throws firebrand on wood. 61. Prairie —Cowboys ride through. 62. Camp —Wood begins to burn. 63. Prairie —Cowboys ride through. 64. Camp —Indians dancing about stake—sudden alarm. 65. Prairie —Cowboys ride through—shooting. 66. Camp —Indians running away—Cowboys ride through—shooting —Little Fawn releases Ben—he kisses her. By this time a majority in any audience of adults will be laughing heartily. You have stretched incident to the point where it is too thin to hold together. There is nothing more than was told in the shorter form, but the ride has been extended until it becomes first tiresome and then almost painful. The only interest the spectator now has is speculation as to how long he must suffer.