My Story
About Jill Chamberlain
I’m a script consultant, screenwriter, and the author of The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret to Successful Screenwriting. My book has become a trusted guide for writers around the world and is taught at leading film schools, including UCLA and Columbia University. It has been published in English, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Russian, Italian, and as an audiobook.
As a script consultant, I’ve worked with Oscar-nominated and Emmy, BAFTA, and Sundance-winning writers, top television showrunners, and screenwriters whose films have grossed more than a billion dollars at the box office. In 2006, I founded The Screenplay Workshop, where I’ve had the privilege of teaching thousands of writers feature film and television writing.
Over the years, I began noticing the same story problems appearing again and again, regardless of a writer’s experience level. That led me to develop the Nutshell Technique, a method designed to make the difference between a situation and a story unmistakably clear. Today, I use that same approach to help writers at every stage of their careers build stronger stories and more satisfying screenplays.
About The Screenplay Workshop
Since I founded The Screenplay Workshop in 2006, it has become a place where writers at every level can study story structure in a collaborative, encouraging group setting.
My workshops combine lectures, coursework, live discussion, and practical application of the Nutshell Technique. The goal is not just to learn story concepts, but to apply them directly to your own work with guidance, feedback, and support.
Writers come to The Screenplay Workshop to better understand why stories work, strengthen their scripts and novels, and develop a clearer process they can return to again and again.
Over the years, the workshops have welcomed complete beginners, working screenwriters, novelists, film enthusiasts, and industry professionals, including many writers who return as they develop new projects.
