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.
Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
If you're excited about it, I'll be excited about it. Try to relax and keep the pitch macro to leave room for questions and conversation. Tone and audience are always helpful, and prepared comps can be good north stars in conveying your vision.
low-mid budget films with strong points of view, ensemble half-hours, female-driven comedies, broad comedy features, hour-long procedurals in an untapped world or with new way into a familiar world, animation through an artist lens, southern stories
high-concept series or films. Multiverses, fantasy world-building, rich complicated lore. I'm a fan, but unfortunately not the best fit as a producer!
Emily Hughes Jackson is an independent producer and script consultant based in Los Angeles. Most recently, Emily helped run a successful crowdfunding campaign and produced a short film proof of concept for a feature project entitled JUST WAIT. She was previously Director of Development at Warner Brothers Discovery’s Rooster Teeth Studios, where she supported a robust slate of projects spanning original and IP-based TV and film development, scripted podcasts, and unscripted productions. She cut her teeth in development at Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video, working on such shows as AP BIO, THE OTHER TWO, and MIRACLE WORKERS. She started her career at CAA in the TV Scripted and Corporate Communications departments, and is a proud graduate of the University of Texas at Austin’s Radio-Television-Film program.
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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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.