Glenn Gers

"This is a book you can begin working from immediately. It's a detailed, focused, ferociously practical method for structuring a screenplay. Author Jill Chamberlain shows you exactly how to get the work done."

― Glenn Gers, Emmy-winning Writer
Screenwriter, Mad Money and Fracture (with Ryan Gosling & Anthony Hopkins)

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Patrick Borelli

"The best screenwriting book I've ever read, by far. Now I'm obsessed with the Nutshell Technique and can't stop applying it to every movie I see."

― Patrick Borelli
Emmy-Nominated Writer, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

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Sam Roads

"A clever, fresh way of analyzing structure. I've added The Nutshell Technique to my own writing toolbox."

― Sam Roads, Editor
Creative Screenwriting magazine

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Katherine Craft (book section)

“I love Jill’s Nutshell Technique! It’s the perfect balance between structure and freedom. It helps you structure your story without feeling formulaic.”

– Katherine Craft
HBO Access Fellowship recipient

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Patrick Wright

"Jill Chamberlain may be the one to have finally cracked cinema's genetic code. In these pages, she has put together a fantastic tool set. The Nutshell Technique is a truly great method."

― Patrick Wright, Director, graduate film program, Maryland Institute College of Art, editor-producer on such films as the Academy Award-winning Music by Prudence

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words-on-paper pathway

"When you get lost along the words-on-paper pathway (and you will), you can refer to your Nutshell outline and figure out your way back to the road."

- Amazon Reviewer May 3, 2017

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Unwieldy story

After forcing your unwieldy story into recognizable form, she spends the remainder of the book explaining how and why her 8 Elements are created and how they work together to build your screenplay. "

- Amazon Reviewer, August 25, 2017

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"identify weak spots"

An amazing technique to identify weak spots in your story structure and address them early on. Even helps with clarifying a main character's intent, goals and direction for the arc. Don't start a new project until you read this book!

- Amazon Reviewer, September 2, 2017

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