How you approach the prep work of outlining your script—whether for your first draft or your 10th—can make all the difference when you sit down to face the blinking cursor. No matter how detailed or macro, all outlines must contain the standard structural integrity and character arcs for your particular format and genre. Submit your outline (10 page max) and the executive will conduct a 30-minute notes call to give you and your story ground-level guidance. You'll discuss how to refine set up of the structure, pacing, theme, and character development for your script.
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A hooky concept will always pique my interest initially. After that, and depending on the format, character comes majorly into play. But mostly, I need to be hooked on concept.
Thrillers
Serial Killers
Horror
Musicals
Rom Com
Psychological Thrillers
High Concept
Genre Films
Romance
High fantasy
Dark academia
Lifetime / Hallmark concepts
Ryan Busse is a producer and graduate of San Diego State University. Prior to partnering with Meinen in STORY Collective, he was an executive for Allison Shearmur Productions, where he worked closely with Shearmur on the company’s full slate of film and television projects, including Lucasfilm’s ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY, SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY, Lionsgate’s NERVE and POWER RANGERS, and Disney’s THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN and CINDERELLA. Busse began his career at WME in the Motion Picture Talent Department. Together with Meinen, Busse runs STORY Collective, a film and television production company founded in 2018.
Busse produced the Christmas musical feature JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM which Sony AFFIRM released worldwide in November 2023, and has film and television projects at major studios in various stages of development and production, including the upcoming Syrian refugee drama THE STRANGERS’ CASE which made its world premiere at the Berlinale Film Festival in February 2024.
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 script outlines are limited to 10 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a consultation for a script outline exceeding 10 pages.
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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.