Do not be suspicious and imagine your play will be stolen by the Producer. A person quite often sees a play on the screen which resembles one of theirs that has been rejected; they immediately jump to the conclusion that it is their play, and unjustly accuse the Film Co. They should stop to consider that others might have had the same idea, and that the Scenario could have been accepted, and the play produced, before their cherished effusions could have possibly been written.

Do not be discouraged if you do not sell your first Scenario. Should it be returned to you, send it to some other company, after you have read it over, and made any changes for its improvement.

If your play is returned to you it might be due to the fact that the company to whom you sent it did not have use for that particular kind of a play, although your play might suit another company.

If your play has any merit, some company will possibly buy it. A great many plays, have been revised many times, and sent to several different film manufacturing companies, before they have been accepted.

There is an enormous demand at present and there will be a greater demand in the future for original Scenarios, especially written for screen production.

The motion picture industry is going through a change continually, and logical stories, with human interest and action are needed to take the place of Scenarios written from old Plays or Books.

The Public is becoming dissatisfied with old plots rehashed from some published book. You have a better chance of selling your Plays at present than you had six or eight months ago and the Producer to whom you submitted it several months ago, may be glad to give it earnest consideration at present.

Your story, however, must be original and unique; must be decidedly different and with enough real punch to make the Scenario Editor “sit up and take notice.”