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PART IV WRITING IN FORM HAVING gained a knowledge of what photoplay form consists it next becomes necessary to learn to apply this knowledge through practicing writing in form. It should be the aim of the student to possess so thorough a knowledge of form and to be so familiar with writing in form that form becomes a habit and writing in form in- stinctive. Then and not until then will it be possible to concentrate upon development to give the plot the finest and best exemplification in dramatic or comedy action. Until you know each factor of plotting and form you are no more justified in calling yourself an author than is a person who can merely pick at the keys of a machine entitled to call himself a typewriter. You must become so familiar with the the- ory and its application that when you come to write a story these do not bother you and you are able to give your entire and undivided at- tention to the story in hand. CHAPTER XLIII THE PLOT OF ACTION ALTHOUGH the plot of action is the last part of a script to be read by the Editor, it is the first part of the script, as it is sent out, to be written by the author. The synopsis, cast and scene plot are all determined by the exact form of the final draft of the plot- ted action. They are made from the action and not the action from them. Even where a company announces its preference for the synop- sis only, it is well to draw at least a rough plot of the action in order to be certain that the story you offer can be told in action. 2. In the studio the Editor will read the synopsis of a script. If this pleases, he will examine the cast and scene plot to see what the play will require and last of all he will turn and read the detail of the action. He comes to this last of all, but if you are an author and not merely a literary tout, it is on the script of action that you will stand or fall. Your idea may be good and yet the action be so poor that it would require too much time and labor to reconstruct. A good idea may be purchased without reference to the action, but poor action will suggest that the idea is not capable of being done into better form. 3. In your synopsis you write: "Peter Darnton becomes a woman 213