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THE PLOT OF ACTION 39 that really starts to tell the story you want to tell. There may be a lot of interesting things that happened before that, but you have not the time in which to tell them. Jump right into the story. Suppose that John loves Nell but can't marry her until he can sell his invention and have as much money as her father has. Don't have a scene showing John in his humble home, a second in Nell's palatial residence, a third showing John starting out to meet Nell, a fourth showing Nell setting forth to keep the ap- pointment and a fifth showing the meeting. Show the meeting as the first scene. His clothes and hers tell of their different sta- tions in life and you'll emphasize this later when you have real reason to show the two homes. Suppose that you run the scene something like this. John and Nell meet. They are interrupted by Mr. Morton, Nell's father, who is highly indignant. He tells John that if he catches him with Nell again he will have him thrashed, bundles Nell into the automobile and they exit, leaving John standing there. Get your white sheet and carbon and carbon sheet into the ma- chine and put down your name and address, just as you did in the synopsis sheet. You do not repeat "At usual rates." Below, and in the centre, type in the name of the story. Under that write Plot of Action. Raise the roller two spaces. Now change your left hand margin stop so that when you push the carriage up you stop at the 5 instead of the o. Now with the stop there press the margin release and bring the carriage so that you will print at o and make the Arabic figure i. Do not use Roman numerals. The director knows that XVIII means 18, but it is not as easy to read. Try and keep things as simple as pos- sible in every way. Make a dash after the figure with the hyphen mark and then write in the important action of that first scene. You should get something like this: JOHN E. JONES, 453 Blank street, Nowhere, N. Y. The Price of Pride Plot of Action 1- Park- John on- impatient- car enters- Nell leaves car- comes to John- lovers' greetings- they talk- Morton enters on foot- sees Nell- astonished- comes down- speaks- angry- John does not reply- Morton threatens with cane- Nell checks him- he bundles her into car- car off.