Michael Hauge - Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds: The Guaranteed Way to Get Your Screenplay or Novel Read

Michaels work has saved my butt on more than one occasion and I keep having occasions, so Im glad hes still at work. If you want to be a better writer, and a better presenter of your own work, stop reading this quote and go buy the book!

Jeff Arch, Screenwriter: Sleepless in Seattle; Iron Will; Saving Milly; Writer/Director: Dave Barrys Complete Guide to Guys

Finally, someones got it right. Michael Hauges book is insightful and totally on the mark for anyone interested in pitching their screenplay. Write a screenplay, then read this book, and half the work is done.

Syd Field, Screenwriter, Lecturer, Author: Screenplay; The Screenwriters Workbook; The Screenwriters Problem Solver

Please! You must buy this book!!

Vicki Arthur, wife of Michael Hauge

Michael Hauge has done it again! First he taught us how to write a great screenplay, now we know how to get it sold. This book is insightful, fun to read, and so inspiring youll be dying to pitch something the moment you put it down. If youre serious about a career in screenwriting, read this book immediately.

Jon Gunn, Writer/Director: My Date with Drew; Mercy Streets

For 25 years I have been telling UCLA graduate screenwriting students, You sell in the first minute! From then on its filler. Well, Michael Hauge shows rather than tells how in this terrific book.

Lew Hunter, UCLA Dept. of Film and TV; Producer/Screenwriter: Fallen Angel; Playing with Fire; Author: Screenwriting 434; Naked Screenwriting: Interviews with 20 Academy Award-Winning Directors and Writers

Props to Michael Hauge, who once again advances his timeless insights, this time into perhaps the most under-utilized tool in the professional writers war chest: the telephone pitch. Armed with his savvy methods, youll commandeer the meaningful consideration you and your work deserve.

Diane Cairns, Producer, Screenwriter; former Senior VP, ICM; former Senior VP of Production, Universal Pictures

Every writer on the planet at any level of their craft can benefit from what Michael Hauge has to say about pitching. He knows and knows how to explain the secret handshakes that can get you inside the tight little circle of working writers. Read this book and then read it again!

Catherine Clinch, Associate Publisher, Creative Screenwriting Magazine

Give Hauge a minute; hell give you a career. This book is so full of insights and practical help that weve made it an official selection of the Great American PitchFest.

Signe Olynyk, President/CEO, Great American PitchFest

Do yourself a favor and memorize this book! Michael Hauge delivers the core strategies of getting agents, producers and studio execs to spend their most valuable asset their time on your hard work.

John Johnson, Executive Director, American Screenwriters Association

Michael Hauge dares to use the word Guaranteed in his subtitle and then delivers the information that justifies it. If you cant get your novel or screenplay in front of the editor or agent you most want to read it, you arent following his instructions.

Alfie Thompson, Author: Lights! Camera! Fiction! A Movie Lovers Guide to Writing a Novel

Finally comes a book that addresses one of the most important, and ignored, aspects of selling screen stories and novels. When you finally get to sit down with a producer, agent or editor, the way you tell them about your story can make the difference between a sale and a rejection, and between a smaller payout and a large one. Read this book.

Bob Reiss, Author: The Side Effect, The Last Spy, Dead for Life

I wish I had read this book before Warner Brothers nixed the last idea I tried to sell them. How was I supposed to know that Hollywood does not like comedies about cheese?

Patty Marx, former Staff Writer: Saturday Night Live; Author: Him Her Him Again The End of Him

Michael Hauge gives you everything you need to get your material noticed and read by those with the power to give you a career in return. Its all about being prepared, and with this book, you will be ready to pitch your project professionally and passionately wherever and whenever you need to.

Marie Jones, Bookideas.com, AbsoluteWrite.com

Mastering the 60-second pitch is an art and craft in itself, and regardless of what youre pitching screenplay, book, concept or finished film potential buyers must be captivated by the story and emotional power you convey with clarity and brevity. Hauge is at his coaching best as he focuses on the process of optimizing resources to make the most of those golden opportunities.

Maureen Herzog, Editor/Co-Publisher: Indie Slate Magazine

This is an amazing book that really puts the nuts and bolts of the 60-second pitch in your hands. He devotes nearly 40 pages of a 180-page book to executives from all over the Hollywood food chain, to explain what works and doesnt work during a pitch. A MUST for anyone with an idea to sell. Thank God for this book.

Matthew Terry, Hollywoodlitsales.com

Concise, direct, and to the point. Dont make another pitch until you have read this book.

Anne Marie Gillen, CEO/Founder, Gillen Group, LLC; Cabin 14 Productions; Producer: Under Suspicion, Fried Green Tomatoes

I won first place in the Pitch Slam competition just by using the techniques I learned from Michael Hauge. They put me in control of the meeting, I was able to relax, and they really worked! And I know it was his system, because Ive used this pitch before. But this time, it sold!

Rosa Graham, Screenwriter; Founder of Find the Funny

In this wonderful book, Michael Hauge covers all the bases, and turns the simple, but not easy task of pitching into something you can do with genuine confidence. Honestly, with these tools you may even find pitching fun!

Ellen Sandler, Screenwriter, Co-Executive Producer: Everybody Loves Raymond; Author: The TV Writers Workbook: A Creative Approach to Television Scripts

Before you go to a writers conference or a pitch fest or a meeting in Hollywood, you must read this book. In fact, before you write your next script, peruse these pages filled with wit and wisdom from one of the only writing gurus in town who really knows his stuff. Get out your wallet. Go to the counter. Buy this freaking book!

Rich Krevolin, Author: Screenwriting from the Soul; How to Adapt Anything into a Screenplay

Anyone trying to master the art of pitching needs this invaluable resource taught by the master himself. Michael Hauge has opened his heart (and his veins) and poured his hard-earned secrets into accessible tips and a must-have guide for anyone trying to sell their script or get their book published.

Devorah Cutler-Rubenstein, CEO, The Script Broker; Author: Whats the Big Idea? Writing Award-Winning Shorts

One of the hottest, most cogent books about pitching, selling and marketing stories I have read. Its all here. All you have to do is read it, pick up the phone and make the call, take the meeting, do the deal. Simple, sensible advice for everyone trying to sell a story.

Jeff Freedman, Screenwriter/Consulting Producer: Vivaldi

If you are serious about your writing, invest in yourself and your career buy this book and acquaint yourself with Michael Hauges caveats on designing, practicing and presenting your projects. Its worth every penny and then some!

Kathie Fong Yoneda, Seminar Leader, Executive Producer: Beyond the Break; Author: The Script-Selling Game: A Hollywood Insiders Look at Getting Your Script Sold and Produced