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THE PLOT OF ACTION 41 of a play is the time the action runs, not the number of words. Remember, too, that it is not the number of scenes you write, but the length of time they run. But let's write some more. You have two choices for your second scene. You can follow John or you can follow Nell. Fig- ure out which is the more important. The next big bit of busi- ness is that Nell writes John that she will marry him and no one else. That means that we must follow Nell. If we had planned to follow John we should have had John walk off the first scene so that we would be prepared to see him come into the second, but we shall not need John for a moment so we leave him stand- ing in scene one and follow Nell to her home. We might show the next scene with Nell coming into the li- brary of her home, but we are going to use the front of the house anyway a little later and we might as well show that she gets home. It will make the action a little smoother, so we write: 2- Exterior Nell's home- Nell and Morton enter in car- leave car- exit into house. 3- Library- Nell and Morton enter- Morton angry- Nell defiant- Morton exits- Nell to desk- writes. On screen- note Dear John, No matter what father says, I'll marry no one but you. Lovingly, NELL. Back to scene- Nell calls maid- gives letter- Maid exits- Nell cries. You will notice that the "On screen" is written in the margin, the same as the figures and presently you will see the leaders done in the same way. This is to make certain that these are not over- looked, both in the making of the picture and when they are written off to be sent to the leader room to be made. You will note, too, that while the scenes are single spaced, a double space is used between scenes and between parts of scenes and inserts or leaders. A bust is not brought out into the margin -because it is a scene itself, even though it is inserted into some larger scene of which it is a magnified section. Note, too, that John and Nell are called by their first names, and her father by his last. As a rule, young people are called by their first names and their elders by their last. It suggests a