# How much practice, time and failure does Sargent tell a 1916 newcomer to expect before a photoplay sale?

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The only figure in Chapter I is 'perhaps a year or more' of hard work without immediate income; Chapter LXX (outside the span) says plotting 'may take two or more years' to master. Both are hedged assertions with no stated basis. He describes, but does not count, the typical failure: a few careless plays returned, then paid schools or bureaus, then quitting. There is no rejection count or sale rate in the span.

The only figure in Chapter I is 'perhaps a year or more' of hard work without immediate income; Chapter LXX (outside the span) says plotting 'may take two or more years' to master. Both are hedged assertions with no stated basis. He describes, but does not count, the typical failure: a few careless plays returned, then paid schools or bureaus, then quitting. There is no rejection count or sale rate in the span.

Curator qualifications: Single hedged time figure and bounded negative on rejection/sale rates confirmed.

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      "url": "https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt",
      "note": "sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.flat[9900:22203] spot checks"
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- [sourced_fact] The only figure in Chapter I is 'perhaps a year or more' of hard work without immediate income; Chapter LXX (outside the span) says plotting 'may take two or more years' to master. Both are hedged assertions with no stated basis. He describes, but does not count, the typical failure: a few careless plays returned, then paid schools or bureaus, then quitting. There is no rejection count or sale rate in the span. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.flat[9900:22203] spot checks · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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