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How did they break into the business as a screenwriter?

What are the most important aspects of being a professional screenwriter?

How do they about choosing what projects to write?

These are just some of the topics to be covered in the newest Screenwriting Master Class course: “Network Hollywood.” Query letters, genre strategies, contests, working with managers and agents, choosing the right stories to write, virtually everything you need to know about taking the next step in your journey as a screenwriter.

Taught by Tom Benedek, this 2-week online class [July 25-August 6] features live webinars with 6 industry professionals: Peter Benedek [founding partner of United Talent Agency], Dan Halsted [manager-producer, Manage-Ment], Josh Heald [screenwriter, Hot Tub Time Machine], Sean Hood [screenwriter, Conan the Barbarian 3-D]], Adam Kolbrenner [manager, Madhouse Entertainment], Robert Lawrence [producer, Die Hard with a Vengeance], and Stanley Weiser [screenwriter, Wall Street]. For more information, go here.

Today’s featured guest is Josh Heald:

Josh Heald is a screenwriter based in Los Angeles. He created and co-wrote 2010’s Hot Tub Time Machine, for which he earned the inaugural Comedy Award for Best Screenplay. He has written scripts for Paramount, New Line Cinema, and Sony Screengems. In television, he has developed comedy projects for Fox, NBC, and Comedy Central. He has acted in Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay, Hot Tub Time Machine, and the upcoming Mardi Gras: Spring Break, which he also wrote. He is currently putting the finishing touches on an original screenplay and developing three projects for television.

In addition to the live webinars and Q&A sessions with these industry insiders, the class also includes written lectures you can download, analyze, and keep for future reference, online forum discussions, and the opportunity to do weekly workshop assignments on your own stories and receive feedback from other writers participating in the class as well as Tom himself.

This is a terrific opportunity to shrink the gap between you and Hollywood.

The 2-week online class begins next Monday, July 25. For more information and to enroll, go here.

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