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!
Relax! Let's talk this through. Give me the short version, then let's peel those layers back.
Edgy stories for streamers, anything with a distinct voice, anti-heroes, fun/funny characters, and stories about good people who do bad things for complicated reasons.
Faith-based/faith-friendly, sci-fi, Hallmark,
Joe Nelms is an award-winning screenwriter, playwright, novelist, and producer. His film and TV credits include the Sundance Drama Finalist BETWEEN (Producer), the cult classic SHRIEK IF YOU KNOW WHAT I DID LAST FRIDAY THE 13TH (Co-Writer), THE LOST EPISODE (Co-Writer, Producer), and NBC’s LIVE ON TAPE (Executive Producer). Additionally, he is the author of the novels THE LAST TIME I DIED and FORMERLY FINGERMAN (both Simon & Schuster).
As Vice President of Advertising at Warner Bros. Films, he helped market movies that grossed billions including HARRY POTTER, THE MATRIX series, and the OCEAN’S 11 series. Later, Joe founded Tilted Creative, an advertising agency dedicated to crafting promotional partnerships between major brands (Sony, Mercedes, Heineken, etc.) and TV series (SONS OF ANARCHY, JUSTIFIED, AMERICAN HORROR STORY). He is the founder and creative director of Great Big Stuff, a boutique design agency dedicated to creating key art for early-stage productions. Joe is also the former horoscope writer for the Psychic Hotline. Seriously.
His current and upcoming projects include the biopics DRILLMAN and BURNING HOUSE, and an adaptation of THE LAST TIME I DIED.
His feedback and encouragement is extremely helpful. He has a kind and patient demeanor. This was my first time pitching with an exec I had never met before (on my own, not in an online class setting). I felt like he was on my side from the beginning and wanted me to do well on this pitch. I'm implementing his suggestions into the pitch now.
~ Anonymous screenwriter
Joe was very easy to talk to and gave helpful feedback that I can incorporate in future pitches.
~ Anonymous screenwriter
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.