After payment, you will receive an email from Foursite confirming your registration for the workshop. The location of the workshop is the Wildcat Theater at Weber State University. For more information on that venue, please visit the venue page on this web site.
TO NON-MEMBERS: in order to obtain the discount, a Director level or higher membership is required. Director level memberships cost $50. In other words, attend the seminar and get a free membership. Click to become a member.
STORY MASTERY
with
Michael Hauge
During this special, all-day seminar, Hollywood script and story consultant Michael Hauge, best-selling author of Writing Screenplays That Sell and Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read , will present his unique approach to creating compelling stories, novels and screenplays. Using clips of recent, successful films, as well as hands-on exercises, Michael will show you how to elicit emotion in your readers and create compelling, commercial fiction through story concept, plot structure, character development and theme. Michael will then reveal his proven method for getting the people in power to read your manuscript or screenplay. Selected participants will also get direct feedback on their story concepts and pitches.
Topics covered will include:
* The primary goal of all story
* The power of desire, need, longing and destiny
* The essential conflict all characters must face
* Turning plot structure from a complicated concept into a simple, powerful tool you can easily apply to every story
* The single key to creating character arc and theme
* Creating believable and fulfilling love stories
* The unique rules of romantic comedy: fantasy, duality, deceit
* Adapting your novel to film
* The single biggest mistake writers make in pitching their work
* The eight steps to a powerful pitch
If you want to elevate your fiction or screenwriting to the highest possible level, this event is a must.
