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
Start with heavy details at the top and allow yourself to speak in broader terms as you continue. If you hook them with the concept and characters first, the audience will be able to fill in the blanks as you continue.
Everything original! Whether features or TV, I'm excited to read ideas not based on anything previously existing. Adaptations are great, (and I love them!) but I'm most invigorated by new ideas specifically made for their medium.
Fantasy. I struggle with "realms," and I don't think I'm the right guy to help with something like that.
Patrick Metcalf is a writer, director, and producer of films, television, and home videos of dogs and babies. His films and TV shows have played in such places as MTV, Tubi, Amazon Prime, Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, and dozens of less impressive venues.
Patrick's episode of Amazon Prime's UNDONE received wide acclaim, with
RogerEbert.com calling it “arguably the most detailed and complex
designs the show has ever tackled to striking success.” The episode went on to receive the Writers Guild of America Award for best animation, an honor which Patrick proudly shared with co-writer Elijah Aron
Originally from the suburbs of Chicago and a proud Northwestern University graduate, Patrick has brought his midwestern sensibility and humility to Los Angeles, making writing bios like this VERY uncomfortable for him. He will stop now.
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.