Your best writing comes during this class.

Now registering for Jill’s online classes at her school’s website, The Screenplay Workshop with Jill Chamberlain. Classes meet LIVE on Zoom: you will see and hear Jill and your classmates, and Jill and your classmates will see and hear you.

Delve into the underpinnings of great films and television and learn how to apply it to your own screenplays.

  • Fix your story structure so you can focus more on the writing

  • Learn directly from the author of one of the highest rated screenwriting books on Amazon

  • Identify the difference between a situation and a story, and how to turn one into the other

  • Cure writer’s block by knowing what to ask of your story and what direction to move in

  • Unlike formulaic beat sheet methods, the Nutshell Technique® is a flexible structure that lets you tell your unique story

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Who should attend?

Even longtime professional screenwriters find that a refresher on the Nutshell Technique® inspires new ideas and improves their TV and feature film projects. Any writer can benefit from the seminar.

  • Professional writers and showrunners sharpening their story structure chops

  • New screenwriters who want to turn ideas into professional-level writing samples

  • Practiced writers outlining new scripts, working on new drafts, or revising completed scripts

  • Writing teams who can use the technique as a common framework to flesh out ideas and scripts

  • Literary managers and executives who want to improve their contributions to projects they're working on

 

Praise for Jill Chamberlain and the Nutshell Technique®

Testimonials

“Very impressive! Jill Chamberlain goes way beyond tired old beat sheet formulas and instead guides you to organically write the story you want to tell.”

– Callum Greene, Producer
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker

“Through Jill’s process, I’m now able to have a bird’s eye view of a workable draft in just a few bullet points. It has been revelatory, forever changing the way I approach story. This is the magic panacea I’ve been searching for as a screenwriter.”

– David Gleeson
Screenwriter, Tolkien

“Jill is incredible with story. She understands it so well and is super quick to tap into writers' work. I was really impressed!”

– Kat Candler
Showrunner, Queen Sugar

"Jill Chamberlain's Nutshell Technique is the most cogent, clearly articulated take on screenwriting the world has ever known. My scripts have gotten infinitely better because of her.”

– Peter Mattei
Creator/Showrunner, "Outsiders" TV series