Description
Book SynopsisPresenting a proven technique for screenwriting centered on a character’s flaws and strengths, an expert screenwriting coach shows writers exactly how to construct screenplays that tell compelling, satisfying stories.
Trade ReviewA clever, fresh way of analyzing structure. I've added
The Nutshell Technique to my own writing toolbox. * Creative Screenwriting magazine *
A Top 10 Book of the Year. A go-to guide for anyone with a story to write. * Austin Chronicle *
The Nutshell Technique offers ideas that will grow in resonance with each movie you watch. . . a comprehensive method of categorizing movies that you might consider your favorites can now be applied. * Free Press Houston *
Table of Contents
- A Note on the Text
- Foreword by Patrick Wright
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1. The Problem with 99% of Screenplays
- Chapter 1. The Problem
- Chapter 2. The Solution
- Part 2. The Nutshell Technique Process
- Chapter 3. How to Use This Book
- Chapter 4. Protagonist
- Chapter 5. Set-Up Want: Part 1
- Chapter 6. Point of No Return
- Chapter 7. Set-Up Want: Part 2
- Chapter 8. Catch
- Chapter 9. Flaw
- Chapter 10. Crisis
- Chapter 11. Triumph
- Chapter 12. Climactic Choice
- Chapter 13. Final Step
- Chapter 14. Strength
- Part 3. Advanced Application of the Nutshell Technique
- Chapter 15. Nonlinear Screenplays
- Chapter 16. Using a "Secret Protagonist" to Structure a Nonconventional Story
- Part 4: Film Nutshells
- Annie Hall
- Argo
- August: Osage County
- Being John Malkovich
- The Big Lebowski
- The Bourne Identity
- Braveheart
- Casablanca
- Chinatown
- Collateral
- Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Dallas Buyers Club
- Frozen
- The Godfather
- Groundhog Day
- Juno
- Little Miss Sunshine
- The Matrix
- Memento
- North Country
- Pulp Fiction
- Silver Linings Playbook
- The Sixth Sense
- The Social Network
- Sunset Blvd.
- Titanic
- Tootsie
- Up in the Air
- The Usual Suspects
- Witness
- Notes
- Index
