IN THIS ISSUE

• Spring Classes – Register Now!
• Update on Jill’s Book

Spring Classes – Register Now!

New classes begin the week of March 16th. Register ASAP for the best selection and to ensure your choice is not filled or cancelled! Here are our Spring offerings:

SCREENWRITING FUNDAMENTALS
Learn in 5 weeks everything you must know to write a screenplay.
Choose:
– MONDAY group (7-9:30 pm, March 16-April 13)
– TUESDAY group (7-9:30 pm, March 17-April 14)
– SATURDAY group (1:30-4 pm, March 21-April 18)
See syllabus
Tuition: $245

MASTER CLASS
Write a feature-length script or script outline in 10 weeks.
Choose:
– MONDAY group (7-9:30 pm, March 16-May 18)
– TUESDAY group (7-9:30 pm, March 17-May 19)
– SATURDAY group (1:30-4 pm, March 21-May 23)
See syllabus
Tuition: $445
Master Class Alumni: take $50 off

PRIVATE CONSULTATION & INSTRUCTION
is also available. See more info on our website.

TO REGISTER
Just hit “Reply” and e-mail us with which workshop and which day you are interested in, and we’ll email back to get you enrolled right away!

Update on Jill’s Book

A little over a year ago, I signed a contract with the University of Texas Press to write a book on the Nutshell Technique, the screenplay structuring method I created that’s the cornerstone of The Screenplay Workshop’s curriculum. This newsletter is going to be shorter than usual, because I’m busy putting the final touches on my manuscript.

The Nutshell Technique uses a one-page schematic — aka the Nutshell — that identifies eight elements all stories must have. In the book, I explain the technique by looking at successful films and showing how the eight Nutshell elements play out in them. Writers in my workshops — and soon readers of my book — are encouraged to identify these eight elements in their own plots and to use the Nutshell schematic to ensure these dynamic elements are working together properly. It’s a very straightforward way to craft the strongest possible story.

I’m thrilled with how the book turned out. The book includes the same Nutshell schematic filled out for 30 great but very different films including Casablanca, Chinatown, Pulp Fiction, Memento, Juno, Argo, August: Osage County, and some 23 more.

The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenplays will be in bookstores and on Amazon in February 2016. It’ll be available for pre-order in November 2015. In the meantime, you can sign up for a workshop or private consultation if you want to learn the one and only Nutshell Technique.

Sincerely,
Jill Chamberlain
Founding Director
The Screenplay Workshop