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332 SELLING THE SCRIPT by adding a hint on the slip, but a few letters will stop the most kindly-hearted man and curdle the milk of human kindness. Per- haps the Editor has written that the theme is old. He gets a reply that tells him: This is to inform you that you don't know nothing about stories. This story happened to my mother when she was a little girl and she told it to me. Mr. Smith who runs the opera house here says it is a good story and that Blank films ain't so good anyhow. I warn you that if you steal my story after sending it back I will have the law on you because it is copyrighted and my whole family and Mr. Smith knows it is. Sometimes there is better punctuation, but even persons of apparent culture will dispute the fact with equal force though in polite phrase. Naturally the Editor abandons his efforts to teach, though he will watch the work of the competents and give a hint now and then as to studio wants. If he is wise he will stop there even with the com- petents. 29. If the script still seems to you to be good, and you can see no improvements you can make, send it to the next most promising company and keep it going. If you make material changes so that the story is practically new, you may, after a lapse of time, send it over the route again, calling attention to the changes made since it was last seen. Do not offer it as new. Editors have uncanny memories for stories. They do not usually remember plots, but they will recognize a plot if it comes in again. Some writers stick to a story until they sell it. Marc Edmund Jones aims to sell a full hundred per cent, but as the card for one of his stories shows, he The Siren Vitagraph, Sept. 8th., 1915 v;as She Justified? Oct.25th. »11 The Doubl^ \7hen Stan^ The Appea she Vi'ould 55/ y£ •A. rds a IP •an( a,Sirdn % "A. i card Aug. 13,»12 (Hash Apr. 4,»13 /10-20-13 f Circumstances Be! 12-11-13 sold $25.00 Ho. Sale 46 The Jones card showing the various changes in title and the re- peated submissions. The top line is added when the story is re- leased.