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, skillfully 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.Michael has presented seminars and lectures to more than 40,000 participants throughout the US, Canada and Europe. He is on the Board of Directors of the American Screenwriters Association and the Advisory Board for SCRIPTWRITER MAGAZINE in London. For more information visit his website www.StoryMastery.com.