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THE UNASKED QUESTION 369 leaders are not changed it is unnecessary to count your words save as it may serve as a check upon your tendency to use too many. These statistics need not appear in the script. Can I use a title already used? There is no legal prohibition other than an evident attempt to trade upon the popularity of a similarly named play, but it is better to try and get an original title. The fact that a title may have been used before need not worry you. // / know of more than one good title may I suggest more? You may, but it will be better to select the best and keep the others for your own subsequent use. 7/ a studio takes my story and does not use my title, may I use it again? It would be better not to. You have sold the title along with the story and it would not be ethical to try and sell it twice. The com- pany may want to use it for another story which it will fit even better. Must I send the letters and newspaper clippings? Send only the wording for these, written in the body of the script. Each studio has a special departfnent for the preparation of this material. Yours would not be used. Will it help my script writing to take a course in acting for mo- tion picttires? It will help only the bank account of the person running the school. When may dialogue he used? When it will both save words and more clearly convey the idea. 75 it necessary to write in all the cut-backs? Write what you think will be needed to keep the action smart. Do not carry it to excess. In what tense is the synopsis written? Past or present, but it is better to write it in the present tense to match the action, which must be written in the present tense. How many words or pages to a one reel story? As many of each as are required to tell one reel of story. See Chapter XXXIV. Can I use more than 250 words of synopsis per reel? If you have to, but if you know your business you will not have to, if the action accompanies the synopsis. Where you submit the synopsis alone, there is no word limit. If my character assumes a disguise, shall I call him by his new name or description? He is still John Jones. Call him John or Jones, as you have been doing, but mention that he is in disguise. How many scenes make a thousand feet? It depends on the length of the scenes. How can I tell what each manufacturer wants? Half the time he doesn't know himself. To get a general idea see LXV-7.