Short films are a great and accessible way to get your feet wet as a multihyphenate (writer-producer, writer-director), and give you real world experience to set yourself apart. In the Shorts Consult, you will submit your short film script (20 pages max) to the exec of your choice, and have a 30 minute notes call to discuss feedback on pacing, character, dialogue and tone, how to elevate marketability, and strategy for next steps.
Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com!
Find a way to communicate your story succinctly, clearly, and casually. Even if that means it isn't perfectly in the order you practiced the pitch.
Be prepared to know all sections of your pitch, but that they might pop up at different times as you have a conversation about the story.
Start thinking about comps as you write, and ask friends/family if they have any comps they think of when you share your story with them.
Consider every time someone asks "what are you writing," as an opportunity to practice your logline or (short) pitch -- casually!
Working with writers looking to get industry ready! I love to share helpful steps and tips in the screenwriting journey.
Open to almost anything!
C.C. Webster is a graduate of Columbia University’s School of the Arts
with an MFA in Directing and Screenwriting. Committing her life to
storytelling, she has connected to the joy of coaching and teaching
screenwriters during the last decade. She is also excited to have a
few feature projects currently optioned, and one feature thriller currently in pre-production.
She has taught at many wonderful institutions - Gotham Writers
Workshop, Hudson Valley Writers Center, Brandeis University, Columbia
University, Sarah Lawrence College and Sundance Collab. She has also fostered and created a community of screenwriters with The BLITZ.
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 short film script consultation material is limited to 20 pages maximum.
Be sure to familiarize yourself with Roadmap's Code of Conduct.
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.