The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting

"The Nutshell Technique cracks the code behind why we love the movies that we love. It guides you to organically write the story you want to tell."
― Callum Greene, Producer
Star Wars Episode 9, Crimson Peak, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Veteran script consultant Jill Chamberlain discovered in her work that an astounding 99 percent of first-time screenwriters don't know how to tell a story. What the 99 percent do instead is present a situation. In order to explain the difference, Chamberlain created the Nutshell Technique, a method whereby writers identify eight dynamic, interconnected elements that are required to successfully tell a story.

Now, for the first time, Chamberlain presents her unique method in book form with The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting. Using easy-to-follow diagrams ("nutshells"), she thoroughly explains how the Nutshell Technique can make or break a film script. Chamberlain takes readers step-by-step through thirty classic and contemporary movies, showing how such dissimilar screenplays as Casablanca, Chinatown, Pulp Fiction, The Usual Suspects, Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, Silver Linings Playbook, and Argo all have the same system working behind the scenes, and she teaches readers exactly how to apply these principles to their own screenwriting. Learn the Nutshell Technique, and you'll discover how to turn a mere situation into a truly compelling screenplay story.

Since its publication in 2016, The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting was an instant classic. It is the go-to manual many professionals swear by, and it's on the syllabus for courses at University of Houston, University of Notre Dame, and the world renowned screenwriting program at Columbia University.

• The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction
• Inside Story: The Power of the Transformational Arc: The Secret to Crafting Extraordinary Screenplays
• The Craft of Scene Writing: Beat by Beat to a Better Script
• My Story Can Beat Up Your Story: Ten Ways to Toughen Up Your Screenplay from Opening Hook to Knockout Punch
• Story Maps: How to Write a GREAT Screenplay
• Writing Screenplays That Sell, New Twentieth Anniversary Edition: The Complete Guide to Turning Story Concepts into Movie and Television Deals
• The Last Fifty Pages: The Art and Craft of Unforgettable Endings
• How to Write a Movie in 21 Days: The Inner Movie Method
• Story Maps: TV Drama: The Structure of the One-Hour Television Pilot
• The Screenwriter's Bible, 6th Edition: A Complete Guide to Writing, Formatting, and Selling Your Script (Expanded & Updated)