Work one-on-one with an executive at mutually agreed upon times around your schedule. To start, you'll have a 15-minute strategy call with your executive to get the lay of the land for the month. Then, you’ll have email access to your executive throughout, plus four one-hour story notes sessions. Work on a single screenplay or multiple scripts plus get additional notes on your pitch, brand strategy, and career advice - work your mentorship to its fullest potential!
I'm interested in concept more than genre. An interesting concept that the writer is enthusiastic about will draw me in, regardless of genre. I've read a lot of things I ended up loving in genres I would have thought I had no interest in. I've also read a lot of things in genres I naturally gravitate to that did not impress me. After concept, it's all about vision and execution. If it's a pilot, I want a sense that the writer has a vision for where the show is going. Structure and dialogue are possibly even more important than concept. Concept is what will get you through the door. But then the craft of structure and dialogue is what will keep you in the room.
Comedy, Sci-Fi, crime skewing towards noir, politics, historical, and drama focusing on relationships.
Prison, wrestling/boxing, religious, horror
James Chatterton is a freelance story analyst for HBO. He provides coverage on scripts, books, plays, podcasts, completed films/TV, and anything else they can throw at him. Prior to that, he was a story analyst for Anonymous Content and Broad Green Pictures. James also runs the Above & Beyond Screenwriting Workshop in Culver City. It's one of the longest running screenwriting workshops in the LA area. James took it over in 2016, and oversaw it’s growth from strictly in-person to online as well. As a screenwriter, he is an Austin Film Festival Second-Rounder, an Academy Nicholl Quarter-Finalist & Semi-Finalist, and is currently attached to a project set up at a major production company.
Private Month Mentorship
Each month mentorship kicks off with a preliminary 15-min. call to set expectations and lay out strategy for the month. Writer will have email access to the executive plus 4x one-hour consultations with the exec. Exec will read up to 4 scripts in one month (different drafts of the same script or 4 different scripts) and conduct 4x one-hour story notes calls. Calls can also include feedback on your pitch, branding, or career strategy.
If you pay with the deposit/payment plan, your second half will be due the 2nd week of the Mentorship. If you need a different type of payment plan, email dorian@roadmapwriters.com.
**Please note feature screenplays are limited to 120 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a Month Mentorship on screenplays exceeding 120 pages.
What To Expect
After registering, you will receive an automatic Order Confirmation email. Then Roadmap's Director of Consultations, Terra Joy, will get your mentor looped in with you! If you do not hear from Terra or the exec within 3 days of registering, feel free to email terra@roadmapwriters.com for an update.
Before starting your Month Mentorship, please ensure you are familiar with our Code of Conduct.