Script Consultant

Get direct feedback on your script from the author of the #1 rated screenwriting book on Amazon and the founder of The Screenplay Workshop.

 
 
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You know your story. Jill knows story.

Jill Chamberlain has consulted on projects for major studios, for small independents, and for many, many spec screenwriters. Her clients and students have had their screenplays optioned, made into award-winning feature films, garner them Hollywood representation, land them professional screenwriting assignments, and recognized by top competitions including the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences’s Nicholl Fellowship.

Testimonials

“Very impressive! Jill Chamberlain’s Nutshell Technique 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

 

“I loved the approach! I use the Nutshell Technique with every script.”

– Kat Candler
Showrunner, Queen Sugar

“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

“I went to film school and have been writing for over 10 years, yet Jill Chamberlain was able to improve on every aspect of my screenwriting.”

– Andrew Olson
Filmmaker/Screenwriter & Academy Nicholl quarterfinalist

"The Nutshell Technique is a truly great method for understanding the dramatic mechanisms needed for an excellent film. Jill Chamberlain may be the one to have finally cracked cinema's genetic code."

- Patrick Wright
Director, Graduate Film Program, Maryland Institute College of Art, Editor and Producer

“A terrific experience! I felt closely connected to Jill during each session. My knowledge of story and overall writing ability has improved 100%.”

– M. Wolfe

Ontario, Canada

“My screenplay made Second Round at Austin Film Festival! I couldn’t have done it without you. Thank you for making me a better writer!”

– Karey Green

Screenwriter, Honovi

“I finished my first feature screenplay two days ago, and it feels awesome! I could not have done it without you, Jill! I gave myself a month but wrote it in just sixteen days. I felt so inspired that many times I would get up in the middle of the night to add an idea.”

– Terry Raven
Screenwriter: Burnt Orange

“Jill rocks! Her knowledge of screenwriting and the business astound me. I learned more than I ever thought possible. I improved by leaps and bounds.”

– Zooey Greif

“Jill Chamberlain will take the confusion and cloud of uncertainty surrounding your story and will instantly clarify it to an extent you may not have thought was possible.”

– Jack Prather

Master the Method with the One Who Invented It

Jill Chamberlain’s book from University of Texas Press, The Nutshell Technique: Crack the Secret of Successful Screenwriting, is now available on Amazon and in fine bookstores everywhere. Of the over 3,000 books on screenwriting on Amazon, The Nutshell Technique ranks #1 in user ratings.

Since its publication in 2016, the book became an instant classic and the go-to manual many professionals swear by. The book is on the syllabus for courses at University of Houston, University of Notre Dame, and the world renowned screenwriting program at Columbia University.

The technique comes from Jill's years of consulting and coaching, and she continues to use this methodology to hone screenplays into truly compelling stories.

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SeRVICES

Jill Chamberlain is available for script consultation services at reasonable rates - please inquire.

Services include:

  • Script Consultation (features and TV) - a detailed script consultation that addresses and fixes structural issues and includes an extensive mark-up of your script with some on-the-page script doctoring. Reviewed with you in a 90-minute consultation

  • Private Story Consultation / Coaching - 90 minute story coaching sessions

  • Story to Script Consultation Package (features and TV) - four consultations to work with you from breaking story through a finished draft

  • Private Consultation/Instruction Package - a package of five 90-minute sessions for a total of 7 1/2 hours consultation/instruction

  • Screenwriter-for-hire / Script Rewriting / Script Doctoring Services