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#1 NEW RELEASE IN PLAYWRITING & SCRIPTWRITING

ON AMAZON & KINDLE

The Three
Ring Method

Master the Secret Structure
Behind Every Story
That Has Ever Moved You

by Don Handfield — Producer, The Founder · Director, Touchback · Co-Creator & EP, Knightfall · Screenwriting Professor, UCLA, Chapman & UNCSA

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Every story that has ever made you laugh, cry, or changed the way you see the world was built on the same hidden architecture.

The Three Ring
Method reveals it — and shows you how to use it.

THE METHOD

Great stories work on three levels — simultaneously

Praise

PRAISE

"The Three Ring Method is the craft book I wish I had when I was starting out. It's like a master class in writing for emotional impact — but also how to survive in Hollywood. A must-read for beginners and veterans alike."

TOD GOLDBERG

New York Times bestselling author of Gangsterland

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

SCREENWRITER · PRODUCER · DIRECTOR · EDUCATOR

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Don Handfield is an award-winning screenwriter, producer, and educator with over two decades of experience developing stories across film, television, and comics. He is the co-creator and executive producer of Knightfall (History Channel), producer of The Founder starring Michael Keaton, and writer for Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories reboot on Apple TV+. He co-founded The Combine with two-time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner, producing numerous critically acclaimed television and features. He has written for or set up projects at every major studio, and his work has been optioned by some of Hollywood's most respected producers and studios, including Westbrook Entertainment (Will Smith) and Maximum Effort (Ryan Reynolds). As an educator at UCLA, Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Handfield has spent years refining the framework at the heart of The Three Ring Method.

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