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!
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.
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.