Make the Industry Seethe movie you already wrote.
The professional pitch-book system a produced screenwriter uses to translate your book into film language — and put it in front of the people who can actually buy it.
The format is locked. Your voice is not.
You wrote the book. Now what?
You have a finished novel and a quiet certainty that it would make an extraordinary film or series. But your manuscript is long, messy, and takes hours to read — no producer is starting there. A screenplay is expensive to write, demands a whole other craft, and offers no promise of a sale. So the story sits, and the people who could greenlight it never see what you see.
There is a document that lives in the gap: the pitch book. It is the 8-to-13-page tool professional agents, producers, and development teams actually use to sell a story to studios, streamers, and buyers. It is professional, structured, visually branded, and built to be scanned in five minutes or read in twenty. It is industry-standard — and almost never taught outside professional development circles.
The Chapter Frame™ Method is how you build one. It is the exact framework Jaimie Engle deploys when a client hires her to turn a novel into a film pitch a producer can take seriously — taught to you, module by module, so you can build your own.
The manuscript
Too long and too slow. Nobody in the industry reads a full novel to evaluate a pitch.
The screenplay
Expensive, specialized, and risky — a different craft with no promise of a sale.
The pitch book
The middle layer: professional, five-minute-scannable, and built to sell your story up the chain.
Four jobs, one document
A Chapter Frame™ pitch book does four things at once — and clears up what it is not.
What it does
- Introduces your project — title, logline, synopsis, and characters.
- Shows what the film will feel like — tone, visual language, setting, themes.
- Makes the commercial case — comps, audience, timing, and marketing.
- Positions you as the author who can deliver it.
What it is not
- A book proposal — that’s for publishers, not film buyers.
- A screenplay treatment — those run 30–60 pages, scene by scene.
- A series bible — that comes after a project is bought.
- A one-sheet or a deck — different tools for different rooms.
Trust the structure to do the structural work. Put your voice into every sentence inside it.
Ten modules, one finished pitch book
About 11.5 hours of focused work, most students across two to four weeks. Every module ships a fillable template.
Orientation
What a pitch book is, the eleven sections, the full module map, and everything you need ready before you start.
The Foundation
The title page & logline formula, then the seven-beat one-page synopsis that wins or loses the industry read.
The Story Pages
Principal character cards and supporting quick-hits, then up to six shootable anchor settings.
The Tonal & Thematic Core
The five-paragraph tonal fingerprint of your film, and the four thematic pillars your story argues.
The Commercial Case
Comparables and differentiators, then audience, why-now, and marketing built together as one business argument.
Author Bio & Final Assembly
Your bio, the master assembly, the formatting audit, and a finished pitch book ready to send.
The eleven sections you’ll build
A locked order the industry has been reading for forty years — you fill it with your story and your voice.
Title Page
The handshake: title, format, genre, and author.
Synopsis
One page of prose that compresses your whole story.
Characters
Principal cards plus supporting quick-hits.
Settings
Up to six practical, shootable anchor locations.
Tone & Style
Five paragraphs on what the film feels like to watch.
Themes
Four pillars: the argument your story is making.
Comparables
Three comps, three true differentiators.
Audience
Primary and secondary, specific enough to reach.
Why Now
Three reasons it belongs in market today.
Marketing
Up to five concrete campaign opportunities.
Author Bio
Who you are, why you can deliver this project.
Your Pitch Book
8–13 pages, industry-ready, unmistakably yours.
You have the book. This is the door.
The novelist with a finished draft
Your source material exists — which is exactly what de-risks the project for a buyer.
The author who keeps hearing “this should be a movie”
Now you’ll have the professional document that lets the industry agree in writing.
The writer ready to pitch
You want to walk into the room — or the inbox — with something that reads as serious.
The Series Pitch Bible
Not every story is a feature. This bonus track takes the pitch book you build and expands it into a series pitch — the version a streaming or network buyer needs when your novel is really a show.
Four bonus modules add four new sections alongside your core eleven, answering the questions a TV buyer asks that a feature buyer never will — starting with the one that kills unprepared pitches: “What’s season two?”
Offered on its own, this is a $497 value. With the Chapter Frame™ Method, it’s simply included.
Build the series version
- Series Arc & Season Structure — your Season 1 arc and a multi-season roadmap.
- Recurring & Season-Two Characters — the cast that expands your world over time.
- Episodic Structure & Sample Episodes — what one episode of your show feels like.
- The Series Commercial Case — why the show sustains, season after season.
Three ways in
Every path includes the complete Chapter Frame™ Method and the Series Pitch Bible bonus. What changes is how much of it we build together.
The Chapter Frame™ Method
- The complete Chapter Frame™ Method — Module 00 plus all nine build modules
- All eleven fillable pitch-book templates
- BONUS: The Series Pitch Bible ($497 value)
- The Stage32 pitch video
- Self-paced, lifetime access
- Pitch crafting & offerings inclusion not included
The Chapter Frame™ Method+
- Everything in The Chapter Frame™ Method
- Work with a rep to craft your pitch
- A 20-minute chat to work on your pitch
- A professional one-sheet
- Added to the offerings package sent to producers on request
- BONUS: The Series Pitch Bible
- The Stage32 pitch video
The White-Glove Experience
- Everything in The Chapter Frame™ Method+
- Work directly with Jaimie or Steve
- Pitch prep + practice — a 1-hour practice pitch session
- Expert guidance as you finalize your pitch
- Pitched directly into Jaimie’s network
- Shared with multiple studios and producers seeking your genre
- 6-month access to reach out — pitch meetings, producer-fit questions, or to vet producers
- BONUS: The Series Pitch Bible
- The full white-glove experience
Take it further with a vetted producer
Optional services fulfilled by vetted industry producers — add any to your order.
Script Doctor
A complete rewrite of your existing script: industry-standard formatting, strengthened dialogue, structure, and scene flow, plus one revision pass based on your notes — delivered ready for producer review.
Script Drop
A full screenplay, pilot, or teleplay in any genre, written for you from scratch: industry-standard formatting and one revision pass based on your notes — delivered ready for producer review.
Professional Script Coverage
A full breakdown of strengths and weaknesses, a clear pros-and-cons list, a scoring rubric you can use when pitching to producers, notes on character, pacing, clarity, and marketability, and recommendations for next steps.
Coaching or Questions
Up to one hour of coaching or questions with a Chapter Frame™ Consultant — bring your pitch, your pages, or whatever you’re stuck on and get expert eyes on it.
Jaimie Engle is an award-winning, produced screenwriter and producer with her first film on a major streaming network and a development deal with DreamWorks Animation Studios. Her network of producers spans working with Stephen King and A-list actors to bestselling authors and microbudget films — and everything in between. She has spent years helping authors turn novels into film language through the Chapter Frame™ Method: the exact framework she deploys on every pitch book she writes, for her own films, for her clients, and for the studio projects she is developing right now. This is not theory. It’s the working framework.
Before you enroll
Do I need a finished book?
Yes. The Chapter Frame™ Method is built for projects with finished source material, not concepts. A complete draft is what de-risks your project in a buyer’s eyes — and it’s what you’ll be translating into film language.
Do I need to know anything about screenwriting?
No. You’re not writing a screenplay — you’re building a pitch book. The Chapter Frame™ Method teaches the industry-standard format step by step, and the fillable templates do enormous work. You bring the story and your voice.
What’s the difference between the three paths?
All three include the full Chapter Frame™ Method and the Series Pitch Bible bonus. The Chapter Frame™ Method is self-paced, do-it-yourself. The Chapter Frame™ Method+ is done-with-you: a rep helps craft your pitch, you get a 20-minute working chat and a professional one-sheet, and you’re added to the offerings package sent to producers on request. The White-Glove Experience (Oscar-Level Care) includes everything in Method+, plus pitch prep and a 1-hour practice session with Jaimie or Steve, direct pitching into her network, sharing with multiple studios and producers seeking your genre, and six months of access to reach out with pitch questions or to vet producers.
Can I add professional help?
Yes. Optional add-ons — a Script Doctor rewrite of your existing script, a from-scratch Script Drop (screenplay, pilot, or teleplay in any genre), Professional Script Coverage, or up to an hour of coaching with a Chapter Frame™ Consultant — can be added to any path. These professional services are fulfilled by vetted industry producers.
What is the Series Pitch Bible bonus?
A free bonus ($497 value) that expands your pitch book into a series pitch. Four bonus modules add four sections — Series Arc & Season Structure, Recurring & Season-Two Characters, Episodic Structure & Sample Episodes, and the Series Commercial Case — so you can pitch your story as a returning TV series, not just a feature. Most of the work builds on what you’ve already created.
How long does it take?
About 11.5 hours of focused work. Most students spread it across two to four weeks, two or three modules at a sitting, and keep the Chapter Frame™ Method for every pitch they write afterward.
The industry can’t fall in love with a manuscript it never reads. Give them the film they can see.
The format is locked. Your voice is not.
Choose Your Path