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!
Why you? Why now? I had these questions etched into my brain as a young writer and developer. Within the first few minutes of the pitch, I want to know why you want to write this and/or why you're the right person to write this. And I want to know why this is a story that needs to be told right now. In other words, what themes are you exploring that makes your piece feel of-the-moment.
Cable & Streaming Relationship Comedies or Dramas, Intellectual Prestige Dramas and Half-Hour Hard Funny Workplace Comedies.
Horror.
Riley currently works as a freelance writer. Previously, he worked at Lionsgate in Television Development covering a slate of close to 80 projects at all stages of the development process. He's been in the entertainment industry for nearly 10 years working in varies capacities all over the industry at major companies like ABC and Universal and for top creatives like Steve Carell, Ivan Reitman and Lee Eisenberg. He's also spent time in writers' rooms, co-writing an episode of the ABC comedy, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT. Riley received a Master of Fine Arts from Loyola Marymount where he studied Writing and Producing for Television. The program trained him to read his classmates' scripts critically and provide feedback in a writer-friendly matter.
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.