Chapter XIV

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"Where and How to Sell Manuscripts," by William B. McCourtie, issued by the publishers of this book ($2.50), contains a frequently revised list of over 5,000 markets for literary material of all sorts, including photoplays.

Keep a record of every script you send out. Here is one simple form for a manuscript book or card index:

--------------------------------------------------------------- Title | Sent to | Returned from | Date | Sold to | Date | Price | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Do not let the printed rejection slip humiliate you. Really great writers get them, constantly. This statement is equally true of both fiction and photoplay writing. It would take too much time and money for an editorial staff to write personal letters to all who offer unsolicited manuscript.

Never write petulant or sarcastic letters when your offerings are rejected. You may need the good-will of that editor some day. Although personal pique seldom actuates him, he may be frail enough to be annoyed when his well-meant efforts are assailed.

In conclusion, we urge the writer to remember the words of Dr. Johnson:

"All the performances of human art at which we look with praise or wonder are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals."

_APPENDICES_

APPENDIX A

SOME BOOKS DEALING WITH PLOT IN FICTION

1. MOULTON, RICHARD G.; _Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist_, Oxford Press, New York, 1885.

2. PRICE, WILLIAM T.; _Technique of the Drama_, Brentano, New York, 1892.

3. BARRETT, CHARLES RAYMOND; _Short Story Writing_, Baker & Taylor, New York, 1900.

4. PERRY, BLISS; _A Study of Prose Fiction_, Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1902.

5. ALBRIGHT, EVELYN MAY; _The Short-Story_, Macmillan, New York, 1907.

6. HAMILTON, CLAYTON; _Materials and Methods of Fiction_, Baker & Taylor, New York, 1908.

7. ESENWEIN, J. BERG; _Writing the Short-Story_, Home Correspondence School, Springfield, Mass., 1909 and 1918.

8. PHILLIPS, HENRY ALBERT; _The Plot of the Short-Story_. Out of print. See any large library.

9. PITKIN, WALTER B.; _The Art and the Business of Story Writing_, Macmillan, 1912.

10. ESENWEIN, J. BERG, and CHAMBERS, MARY B.; _The Art of Story Writing_, Home Correspondence School, 1913.

11. WELLS, CAROLYN; _The Technique of the Mystery Story_, Home Correspondence School, 1913.

12. NEAL, ROBERT WILSON; _Short Stories in the Making_, Oxford University Press, New York, 1914.

13. NOTESTEIN, LUCY LILIAN, and DUNN, WALDO HILARY; _The Modern Short-Story_, Barnes, New York, 1914.

14. PHILLIPS, HENRY ALBERT; _Universal Plot Catalogue_, Stanhope-Dodge, 1915.

15. PAIN, BARRY; _The Short Story_, Doran, New York, 1916.

16. BAKER, HARRY T.; _The Contemporary Short Story_, Heath, Boston, 1916.

17. WILLIAMS, BLANCHE COLTON; _A Handbook on Story Writing_, Dodd, Mead, New York, 1917.

APPENDIX B

ESPECIALLY HELPFUL BOOKS ON PHOTOPLAY WRITING

1. SARGENT, EPES WINTHROP; _The Technique of the Photoplay_, Moving Picture World, New York, 1913. Third edition, 1917.

2. PHILLIPS, HENRY ALBERT; _The Photodrama_, Stanhope-Dodge Co., Larchmont, N.Y., 1914.

3. POWELL, A. VAN BUREN; _The Photoplay Synopsis_, Home Correspondence School, Springfield, Mass., 1919.

INDEX

Names of authors and companies are printed in capitals; titles, and names of magazines, are printed in italics; and other topics are set in plain, or "Roman" type.

A

## Action, 3, 4, 30, 134-141, 313, 314.

_Adrift_, 294.

_Adventure_, 305.

_After Fifty Years_, 360.

ALBRIGHT, EVELYN MAY, 74, 87, 90.

AMBROSIO COMPANY, 360.

AMERICAN COMPANY, 92, 268, 290.

Animals, 278, 279.

_Annie Crawls Upstairs_, 358-360.

ARTCRAFT, 79.

B

Backgrounds, 201.

BALZAC, 348.

BARRETT, CHARLES RAYMOND, 28, 74.

_Bells, The_, 317-320.

BIOGRAPH, 153, 155, 156, 201.

_Blue Book, The_, 355.

_Bookman, The_, 356.

_Bottle Imp, The_, 361.

BREWSTER, EUGENE V., 264, 265.

_Brickdust Row_, 363, 365.

_Bringing Up Father_, 343.

BROWNING, ROBERT, 358-360.

Burlesque, 325, 326.

BUSH, W. STEPHEN, 282, 283.

Bust, The, 17, 18, 163-166.

BYRNE BROTHERS, 326.

C

CABANNE, WILLIAM CHRISTY, 252.

Camera, 18.

Cameraman, 18.

Camera tricks, 181-185.

_Cask of Amontillado, The_, 348-350.

Cast, 18, 31, 32, 37, 109-130, 370.

Censorship, 282-289, 341.

Center of interest, 141-143.

Changes of scene, 144-161.

Characters, 18, 109-130, 140, 142, 315, 316, 337, 338.

Child actors, 279, 288.

_Class Reunion, The_, 353.

_Cleopatsy_, 342.

Climax, 26, 194.

Close-up, 18, 166-176.

COFFEY, ROBERT E., 297.

COHAN, GEORGE, 289.

COLLINS, WILKIE, 305.

Comedy Photoplays, 2, 83, 84, 324-346.

_Coming Nation, The_, 292, 293.

Complication, 89.

Conciseness, 198, 199.

Continuity: See "Scenario."

COOPER, FREDERICK TABER, 356.

Cooper-Hewitt lights, 247.

_Cord of Life, The_, 155, 156.

Costume plays, 280.

_Count of Monte Cristo, The_, 189, 190.

COWELL, HARRY, 75, 77.

Crime in photoplays, 284, 285.

Cut-back, 19, 152-157.

Cut-in, 19, 158-161, 233-237.

Cutting, 19.

D

_Daphne and the Pirates_, 253.

Denouement, 89.

_Devil Stone, The_, 236, 237, 321.

Dialogue, 3, 200, 201.

Diaphragm, 19, 20.

Diaphragming-in and -out: See "Fade-in," and "Fade-out."

DICKENS, CHARLES, 185-187.

Director, 20, 115, 116, 212-214.

Doing a picture, 20.

Double exposure, 20, 185-188.

DOYLE, A. CONAN, 348-351, 354.

_Dramatic Mirror, The_, 140, 263, 357.

Dramatic photoplay, The, 2.

Dreams, 176-181.

DREW, JOHN, 333.

DREW, MR. AND MRS. SIDNEY, 329, 333-335.

Dual-character films, 185-188.

_Duchess at Prayer, The_, 348.

DUMAS, ALEXANDER, 189.

E

_Eagle's Eye, The_, 181-183, 196, 274.

EDISON, 3, 78, 111, 172, 275, 297, 358-360.

_Editing a Motion Picture_, 227.

Editor, 20, 84, 85.

Educational films, 2, 3.

"EDWARDS, JOHN MILTON," 82.

_Eight Bells_, 326.

Episode, 194.

ESSANAY, 77.

_Everybody's Girl_, 363-407.

Expense of production, 268-281.

Exteriors, 20, 248, 249.

Extras, 21.

Extravaganza, 326.

F

Fade in, 21.

Fade out, 21.

FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS, 2, 102.

"Faked" scenes, 269-272.

FAMOUS PLAYERS, 189, 190.

Farce, 2, 324, 325.

FARNUM, WILLIAM, 186.

Feature photoplays, 24, 188-193.

_Fiction Factory, The_, 82.

Fiction writing an aid to photoplay writing, 5-16.

_Figaro, Paris_, 308, 309.

FILDEW, WILLIAM E., 252, 253.

Film, 21, 22.

FINE ARTS, 253.

FISHER, "BUD," 343.

Footage, 22.

Fox, 186-188.

Frame, 22.

FROHMAN, DANIEL, 304.

G

GOLDWYN, 85.

_Grande Bretêche, La_, 348.

GREEN, ANNA KATHERINE, 138.

GRIFFITH, D.W., 153, 157, 167, 226, 336.

H

Hackneyed themes, 296-300.

HALÉVY, LUDOVIC, 307.

_Hamlet_, 325, 326.

HARRISON, LOUIS REEVES, 91, 293.

HAZARD, FLOYD HAMILTON, 304, 322.

HAZLITT, WILLIAM, 338.

Heart-interest, 293, 305.

_Hearts of the World_, 157.

"HENRY, O.," 201, 351, 352, 363.

HOADLEY, C.B., 132, 149.

HOAGLAND, HERBERT CASE, 134, 138, 301, 322, 356.

HOFFMAN, ARTHUR S., 305, 306.

_How to Write a Photoplay_, 134, 301, 356.

Human interest, 305, 306.

Humor: See "Comedy."

I

Idea, 22.

_In the Country God Forgot_, 82.

_Incendiary Foreman, The_, 273.

Insert, 22, 157-161, 218-244.

Interest centralized, 141-143.

Interpose, 22, 387.

_Intolerance_, 167, 168.

IRVING, SIR HENRY, 317.

IRWIN, MAY, 325.

J

JACOBS, W.W., 355.

JOHNSON, SAMUEL, 415.

K

_Kaiser, The_, 127.

KALEM, 132.

KATTERJOHN, MONTE M., 302.

KEENAN, FRANK, 320.

KEYSTONE COMEDY, 329.

L

LANG, PHIL, 132, 133.

Leaders, 4, 22, 157-161, 218-244.

_Leavenworth Case, The_, 138.

Letters, 237-242.

Lighting, 247-249, 280, 281.

_Little Stone God, The_, 355.

Location, 22, 23, 166.

LUBIN, 78.

M

_Macbeth_, 282, 318.

MACGRATH, HAROLD, 301, 302.

MCMANUS, GEORGE, 343.

_Magazine Maker, The_, 75, 77.

Manuscript record, 415.

Marketing the photoplay, 408-415.

Mask, 161-163.

MAUDE, CYRIL, 333.

MAUPASSANT, GUY DE, 351.

Memories, 176-181.

MERWIN, BANNISTER, 172-175, 192, 197, 297.

METRO, 333.

_Monkey's Paw, The_, 355.

MOORE, JOHN ROBERT, 361, 362.

_Mortmain_, 184, 185.

_Motion Picture Classic_, 263.

_Motion Picture Magazine_, 263, 264.

_Motion Picture News_, 263, 336.

_Motion Picture Story, The_, 242.

Motivation, 88.

_Motography_, 263.

_Moving Picture Stories_, 15, 264.

_Moving Picture World, The_, 29, 91, 103, 120-122, 132, 133, 174, 227, 231, 252, 253, 263, 282, 283, 286, 293, 332, 334, 335.

Multiple reel, 23, 24.

_Murders in the Rue Morgue, The_, 361.

_Mutt and Jeff_, 343.

N

Names, 120-126.

_Necklace, The_, 351.

Negative, 23.

NEHLS, R.R., 92, 268, 270, 290, 291.

NESTOR, 34.

_New Catacomb, The_, 348-350, 354.

O

Objectionable subjects, 282-303.

_Old Musician, The_, 129.

OPPENHEIM, JAMES, 358-360.

Originality, 260-262, 347-362.

Outdoor scenes, 20, 248, 249.

Over-condensation, 199, 223-225.

P

Padding, 189.

"Panorams," 168, 235.

PARAMOUNT, 127, 236, 321.

Part, 24.

PATHÉ, 273, 319, 322, 342.

PHILLIPS, HENRY ALBERT, 87.

Photographing, 208-210.

Photoplay: construction of, defined, 1-4; kinds of, 2; terms, 17-28.

_Photoplay Author, The_: See _The Writer's Monthly_.

_Photoplay Magazine_, 286, 288.

PICKFORD, MARY, 168.

_Picture-Play Magazine_, 263.

_Pierre of the North_, 129.

_Pippa Passes_, 358-360.

Plagiarism, 350-357.

Plot, 7, 8, 16, 23, 30, 87-95, 136, 255-266.

_Plot of the Short Story, The_, 23, 87.

POE, EDGAR ALLAN, 348-350, 361, 362.

Positive, 23.

POWELL, A. VAN BUREN, 363-407.

PREVOST, MARCEL, 308.

PRIBYL, JOHN F., 283-285.

Print, 23.

R

Red Cross, 3, 300.

Reel, 24.

REEVE, ARTHUR B., 193.

_Reformation of Calliope, The_, 352.

Register, 24, 25.

Rehearsals, 249, 250.

Release, 25.

S

SARGENT, EPES WINTHROP, 29, 77, 103, 107, 120-122, 156, 157, 165, 172, 175, 228, 242, 250, 290, 305, 332.

Scenario, 19, 25, 29, 32, 37-54, 131-203, 371-407.

Scene, 25, 144-161, 204-217, 231.

Scene-plot, 25, 32, 33, 204-217.

Script, 25, 26; its component parts, 29-33; mechanical preparation of, 55-71.

SEITZ, GEORGE B., 194.

SELIG, 2, 78, 129, 189, 190, 283-285.

Sequence in the action, 135-137.

Serials, 26, 193.

Set, 26, 204-217.

Setting, 26, 166, 204-217.

_Short Story, The_, 74, 87, 90.

_Short-Story Writing_, 28.

Situation, 26, 27.

Split reel: See "Reel."

Stage, 27, 245-254.

Stock people, 27.

Stop-camera work, 176-181.

STORY, WALTER, 283-285.

_Strand Magazine_, 352, 354.

STRINGER, ARTHUR, 184, 185.

Struggle, 89.

Studio, 27.

Subject, 28.

Sub-title: See "Leader."

SULLIVAN, C. GARDNER, 127.

_Sun, New York_, 304.

_Sun, Sand and Solitude_, 82.

_Superba_, 326.

Super-imposure: See "Double exposure."

Suspense, 137-140, 157, 195.

_Swell Miss Fitzwell, The_, 325.

Synopsis, 31, 35-37, 87-109, 365-370.

T

_Tale of Two Cities, A_, 185-187.

_Technique of the Photoplay, The_, 165, 242.

THANHOUSER, 272.

Themes, desirable, 304-323; undesirable, 282-303.

_Thirteenth Man, The_, 353.

THOMAS, A.W., 288.

_Three Friends_, 153, 201.

Tinting, 28.

Title, 28, 72-86.

TREMAYNE, W.A., 129.

TRIANGLE, 79, 127.

Trite themes, 296-300.

Typewriting, 59-70.

U

UNIVERSAL, 34, 127, 297.

V

VERNE, JULES, 311.

Visions, 28, 176-181.

Visualization, 132, 133.

VITAGRAPH, 106, 107, 129, 171, 172, 184, 185, 277, 278, 297, 302, 350, 363.

W

_Wasted Sacrifice, A_, 106, 107, 277, 278, 302.

WEBER, LOIS, 231.

WELLS, ELMER N., 129.

WHARTON, 181-183, 196, 274.

WHARTON, EDITH, 348.

_Without Reward_, 34-54, 208-212.

WOODS, FRANK E., 226, 227, 357.

WRIGHT, WILLIAM LORD, 242, 243.

Writers of photoplays, Previous training of, 5-16.

_Writer's Monthly, The_, 98, 107, 132, 149, 264.

_Writing for the Magazines_, 338-341.

_Writing the Short-Story_, 23, 77, 87, 357.