- Understand the primary goal of all stories.
- Wield the power of desire, need, longing and destiny.
- Provide the essential conflict all characters must face.
- Take plot structure from a complicated concept to a simple, powerful
- Learn the single key to creating character arc and theme.
- Create unique, believable and fulfilling stories.
- Use love stories to unite the characters’ inner and outer journeys.
“After hearing Michael speak, I felt like I’d been handed a flashlight
and a map. His unique ways of discussing plot and character arc are unrivaled and have been a tremendous help to my own writing.” —Kristan Higgins, multiple Rita Award recipient, author of Too Good To Be True; Catch of the Day; The Next Best Thing
MICHAEL HAUGE is a story and script consultant, author and lecturer who works with writers and filmmakers on their screenplays, novels, movies and television projects. He has coached writers, producers, stars and directors on projects for Will Smith, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lopez, Kirsten Dunst, Charlize Theron and Morgan Freeman, as well as for every major studio and network.
Michael also works extensively with Hollywood executives, producers, agents and managers, helping them sharpen their story and development skills, and improving their companies’ abilities to recognize powerful material, employ advanced principles of structure, character arc and theme, skilfully communicate a story’s strengths and weaknesses, and work effectively with writers to achieve a commercially successful screenplay.
Michael is the best-selling author of Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read and of Writing Screenplays That Sell, a definitive reference book for the film and television industries, which is now in its 32nd printing for HarperCollins. His seminar with Chris Vogler, The Hero's 2 Journeys, has become one of the top-selling DVDs and CDs on story and screenwriting.
To learn more about Michael Hauge, visit his website at: http://www.screenplaymastery.com