How you approach the prep work of outlining your script—whether for your first draft or your 10th—can make all the difference when you sit down to face the blinking cursor. No matter how detailed or macro, all outlines must contain the standard structural integrity and character arcs for your particular format and genre. Submit your outline (10 page max) and the executive will conduct a 30-minute notes call to give you and your story ground-level guidance. You'll discuss how to refine set up of the structure, pacing, theme, and character development for your script.
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I should feel like the least stressful person you are pitching to. Be honest, tell me a story that you care about, and make me feel the intended emotion or reflect quizzically at what is at the heart of your show. And please, don't take yourself too seriously. Unless that means a million puns, then cool it on the puns.
Single camera half hour emotional comedies, biting, satirical comedies, and funny hourlong dramas. Any show or project that's interested in telling the truth about life from a unique character's POV, where the writer understands that drama needs to have comedy in order to feel honest, and that comedy needs drama to help ground it.
TV Movies, Lifetime Movies, anything incredibly violent for no reason like torture porn movies.
Alex Farber is a television writer/producer currently working in Hollywood. Having grown up in Los Angeles, he has spent most of his life on set or in a writers room in one form or another. Having gotten his start as a P.A. (and featured extra) on MAD MEN, he quickly rose the ranks of various writers rooms, and is currently a consulting producer on a new Netflix series that is slated for production.
Along the way he has written, developed, and sold shows to Netflix, HBO, Shondaland, Annapurna, and others. Additionally, he has sold a podcast pilot to iHeartRadio, and helped adapt a podcast from Wondery (now Amazon) into a TV show. In addition to being staffed, he is also currently developing a show for Showtime (now Showtime on Paramount+).
After registering, you will receive instructions on how to submit your material in your order confirmation email. After submitting your material, please allow 3-4 weeks to receive proposed times for scheduling your call with the exec.
**Please note script outlines are limited to 10 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a consultation for a script outline exceeding 10 pages.
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Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your registration for a refund or Roadmap gift card if you have not yet submitted your material for review. However, once your material has been received by Roadmap, your registration cannot be canceled. Having revised material or a desire to retroactively apply a discount or gift card code are not grounds for cancellation, refunds, or gift card credit. Once your material has been submitted, the only acceptable grounds for cancellation and a refund or gift card credit is an unforeseen, ongoing emergency on the part of either the writer or the exec resulting in more than 6 weeks without any scheduling update from the exec via direct contact or Roadmap, or a sudden change in the exec's ongoing availability. In the instance of an irreconcilable scheduling issue, the writer may still receive a written feedback report from the exec. In this case, the writer is not entitled to a refund or gift card credit as the exec has read the submitted material and provided written feedback in lieu of the call.