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160 TECHNIQUE OF THE PHOTOPLAY particular studio in accordance with- an arrangement already made with them whereby you are given a little better price than usual because they are given first choice. How may I make my scripts first run? By sending in such good stories that a studio will be anxious to get first pick of your product. Generally a year or more is required to accomplish this result. Can I put my story out on royalty? This is very occasionally done in the case of state rights fea- tures, but practically never in the case of regular releases. Why cannot this be done? It would involve too much bookkeeping and to some extent re- veal the volume of the manufacturer's business to outsiders. Can I locate my story in a machine shop, a mill or other similar place? This may be done, but it is best not to be too specific. Do not ask for a knitting mill when a box factory will do as well, be- cause it may be possible to get a well-lighted box factory, where to use a knitting mill would involve considerable expense in the transportation of the special lights used in picture making and setting these up. If a character assumes an alias, should this alias be employed to show that he is disguised? Make it plain in the action that he is disguised, but keep on calling him by the name first used. If your hero is John Jones, do not call him John or Jones indiscriminately. Call him either John or Jones and stick to that selection throughout. What does it mean when I receive a script without even a re- jection slip? It either means that they are out of slips at the moment or else that they forget to put one in. If I have more than one good title for a play should I send the others? You may, but it is the better plan to use only one title and write other plays to fit the other titles. Often a title will give you the idea for a play entirely different from the one to which it was first applied. What is a director's sheet? It is a list of scenes with a word or two describing the action in each. It is a term seemingly invented by a man writing about an unfamiliar subject. Where such a memorandum of the action is employed, it is written by the director for his convenience, and. not by the author. Why cannot I sell all that I write? Because no author invariably writes a good story.