There's so much to accomplish in the first act of a feature. Worse, if the reader isn't hooked by page 15, they'll likely stop reading. For the First 30 Consultation, you'll submit the first 30 pages of your feature or one-hour pilot script, and then have a 30-minute story notes call with the executive. They will help you boost your hook and refine your set up to make sure it is as strong as possible so readers HAVE to know what happens next.
Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
Really think about your main characters. What drives them, what formed them and what do they want. Think about their intentions and how those intentions are affected by the characters surrounding them.
I’m a very patient person who enjoys helping creative people reach their full potential.
Andrea Shay is an accomplished television producer who spent the last seven years producing for ABC Signature Studios under an overall deal with Ryan Seacrest Productions. At ABC Signature, Shay developed and produced several pilots and series including THE WATCHFUL EYE for Freeform/ Hulu starring Kelly Bishop and Mariel Molino and the Netflix drama, INSATIABLE starring Debby Ryan
and Dallas Roberts. Other projects she has in development include DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS, a co-production with Trevor Noah’s production company, Day Zero Productions, and FIERCE, a script she is co-producing through RSP with John Legend’s company, Get Lifted Productions. Before she joined Seacrest, Andrea spent seven years as the co-head of development for Mark Gordon at The Mark Gordon Company where she sold a number of scripted projects to the
broadcast networks and premium platforms while producing the acclaimed series, BENCHED, starring Eliza Coupe and Jay Harrington for USA.
Prior to joining The Mark Gordon Company, Shay served as the Head of
Development at Regency Television where she developed several pilots and series including THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES written by Amy Sherman-Palladino, starring Parker Posey, HELP ME, HELP YOU written by Jenni Konner and Ali Rushfield starring Ted Danson, and LISTEN UP written by Jeff Martin starring Jason Alexander.
Earlier in her career, Shay spent three years at Fox Broadcasting Company as the Director of Current Series serving as the key network liaison to shows like THAT 70S SHOW, BERNIE MAC, MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE, THE X-FILES, GIRLS CLUB, and MadTV. Shay grew up in northern New Jersey and graduated from Indiana University before pursuing her career in television in Los Angeles.
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 only features and one-hour pilots are eligible for First 30 Consultations. Half-Hour pilots are ineligible for First 30 Consultations.
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Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
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.