Evening star., 1926-08-22
Possibilities in Writing for the Movies
+ Are Subjected to Scientific Analysis

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"A man or woman is an artist at
4 4 heart, or in the opinion OF the
Correspondence Schools"
And how true that is come home
20 me not long ago when George
that's my husba nd-asked me could
I please bake him some beaten bis
cults, the kind his dear old father
used to throw at his dear old
mother, and l says, No. George, |
don't know how to make beaten bis.
cults and / can't take time to learn,
on account I am busy with a CORE
spondence school course in the Arts.
] am conner learn to write scenario
for the movies.
Well. Geo. didn't feel so good over
this, but I felt, oh. well. what do
few biscuits count against career.
! have too long been a mere house
wife, it's high time / branched out
into something Bigger and Better II
am ever going to do so. l have
always had the soul Of artist, but
It has been buried under dishrags.
I have the artistic temperament, L
know I have, only ii has never been
expressed, collect. or otherwise: no,
IL has come by freight. slowly but
surely. and my attention had been
called to this great fact by reading
a ad in magazine.
The ad run something to this
effect:
WHY not he a Writer? You, too,
can make big money writing for the
Movies. Scenarios bring as high as
one million dollars in royalties.
I'VE WILL GUARANTEE YOU %
on the first story you send that meets
with the approval of our editors. Try
and get it!
THIS MAGNIFICENT OFFER
requires only your check. money order
or what have you worth $25 on re-
ceipt Of which we will mail you abso-
lutely free of charge our booklet tell
ing how to become a movie writer
in all Languages, including Scandlna-
Wan and Deaf and Dumb. Your
money back If we are not satisned.
Well that certainly sounded falr
enough, and kind of solved the prob
lem | had, which was how could L
express my artistic temper and at the
same time cash in on it while deVot-
ing some little part Of my lie TO
really creative work. Not that l in.
tended giving up any $25 In real
money or even in check form Tor
learning to write scenarios.
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TO commence with. I always feel
where them sort OF talents are born
in a person. either they have them
or they don't. see? And besides,
remember a literary lady which she
was once visiting Mrs. Goofnah. and
this lady claimed she never took
lesson in her life and yet she had
two poems published in the Hard
tack Gazette. She had got three
things published altogether. but the
other one was merely a notice about
delinquent taxes.
This lady went on and explained
to me that she got her ideas for her
writings two different ways. one was
inspiration--the idea would just come
TO her out of the air. especially IL
she was listening to the radio. The
other way she got them was reading
other peoples dope and hooking a
little here and there. She didn't
exactly say that. but I got that is
about what 1t amounted to.
So thinking that over / decided
the best thing for me to do was
give up everything for a while ex-
cept going to the movies. | would
spend practically all my time there.
and stop enjoying them, watching
them merely TO see how the trick
was done. Then I would know >eX-
actly what the producers wanted.
and would be able to write nothing
except successes.
I knew Geo. and Junior had lot
Of holes in their socks. and buttons
that was reported missing. and etc.
But I thought. oh. we'll. them COM
mon things will haf 10 be sacrificed
10 art for while. They may put
UP kick right now. but later, when
] am taking them out in my limou
sine with the two men on the front
seat, and introducing them to Doug
and Mary and all my other new
friends ! have made in the business,
why. then. they will see how I was
right in putting my art first. as soon
as I am able to buy them S12 golf
hose instead Of doing any mending.
II button comes off of Georges
suit. l will then just say: Why throw
the suit out, dear. and order a new
one and charge II to my account.
Believe you me. when thought of
telling George to charge a suit to my