"Nobody knows how to teach screenwriters how to bring their stories to the next level better than Prof. K. Buy this DVD. Do it. Now!”
—Jeff Arch, Screenwriter of Sleepless in Seattle

"Michael Hauge’s principles are so well argued that the mysteries of screenwriting can be understood - even by directors."

—Phillip Noyce, Director: Patriot Games; Clear and Present Danger

"Riveting!… Clear, terrific examples… Learned so much about what I’ve been doing wrong… Great tips.”

—Attendees at Karl Iglesias’s Description lecture at Screenwriting Expo 3.

“ROBERT FLAXMAN is quite simply the Rolls Royce of screenplay analysts,” declared Creative Screenwriting in its “Analyzing the Script Analysts” review (Vol. 6, No. 5). Mr. Flaxman was rated #1.

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The Expo StylePak is a 5-DVD course on creating your own distinctive writing style. Learn from the experts—5 DVDs teach you to craft a writing style that vaults your screenplays over Hollywood gatekeepers and into the hands of decision makers.

DVD 1: Richard Krevolin’s Prof. K’s Master Class Scene Workshop (Trailer)

All first drafts are lousy. The difference between work that sells and work that is rejected is usually determined by the writer’s ability to revise. This is a hands-on DVD, helping you to learn the fine art of rewriting. Learn to constructively criticize your own writing and bring it to the next level.

• How to use human physiological response to storytelling.
• How to avoid the storytelling No-no’s.
• How to format so you look like a pro.
• How to increase readability and sale-ability.
• How to rewrite and revise like a Hollywood pro.
• How to know when a script is ready.

DVD 2: Michael Hauge’s Creating Powerful Movie Scenes (Trailer)

Good scenes are like great movies in miniature: they draw the reader into a unique reality; create empathy and identification with the characters; reveal compelling desires and insurmountable conflicts; contribute to character growth and theme; provide a blueprint for direction and performance; and elicit bigger-than-life emotions. Using examples from such award winning screenplays as Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, and Pirates of the Caribbean, this DVD reveals the elements of action, description, and dialogue that will insure the overall success of your screenplay.

DVD 3: Michael Hauge’s Grabbing the Reader in the First 10 Pages (Trailer)

The opening of your screenplay is your most powerful weapon for acquiring an agent or securing a deal. Hollywood executives seldom read past page 10 if they’re not immediately involved in your story. Using examples from award winning, blockbuster screenplays, as well as from writers wanting to launch their careers, this DVD shows you how to create opening scenes that:

• Draw readers into the world you’ve created.
• Set the tone of your screenplay.
• Establish empathy with your hero.
• Trim the fat.
• Lay the groundwork for character growth and theme.
• Compel readers to turn the page.

DVD 4: Karl Iglesias’s Crafting Vivid Description for Emotional Impact (Trailer)

A screenplay should be as exciting to read as the movie will be to view, and this requires writing designed to involve the reader.  Expanding on the key element of all successful scripts, the reader’s emotional experience, author Karl Iglesias discusses the basics of emotionally evocative writing.  Topics include how to:

• Command attention on the page.
• Energize descriptions.
• Seamlessly weave exposition into description.
• Trim the fat.
• Choose the right words for emotional impact.

DVD 5: Robert Flaxman’s Seducing the Studio Reader (Trailer)

Learn the multiple techniques that will keep the reader in your “created reality” throughout your script. Study the most common mistakes made by professional and advanced screenwriters.

• The best exercises to understand the medium.
• What you think is “on the page” often is not.
• Scene Slugs that tie the script into a “friendly read.”
• Prose vs. film talk.
• Is each character worth $100,000?
• The best exercises to understand the medium.
• Are you the invisible screenwriter?

Think like a reader and you'll write like a professional.