One or two trials
and you will have it as nearly even in margins as it can be made on a
typewriter. Thus, in a title like
T H E H E R O I N E O F T H E
P L A I N S
you will find that to start the first word at 11 on the scale-bar,
managing the spacing as suggested, will get your title in the centre
of the page with practically no variation in the two margins.
Then, about an inch below the title, write the descriptive lines:
Dramatic Photoplay in 28 Scenes;
5 Interior and 12 Exterior Settings
as described in the chapter on "The Synopsis." About an inch below
this, write the word
S Y N O P S I S
starting to write at 28 on the scale-bar. The O in the word OF, the
middle word of your title, is the exact centre of the title. Starting
the word
S Y N O P S I S
on 28 causes the centre of this word (which is the space between the O
and the P) to fall exactly beneath the centre of the title. Then,
about 1-1/2 inches below that, start to write your story in synopsis
form. Commence your paragraph at 15, indenting ten spaces from the
left margin. Thus the neatness and businesslike appearance of your
pages will impress the editor favorably at the very first glance.
Follow the same rule when typing the scenario, or continuity, and also
the scene-plot, if one is made.
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