Ryan McDonough - First 30 Consultation

First 30 Consultation

Ryan McDonough

Creative Executive

Project X Entertainment

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What to Expect

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.

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Pitch Tips

Concept first.

Formats Interested In

Features

Particularly Interested In

High-concept horror, thriller and action movies.

Feature Genres

Drama

Comedy

RomCom

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Horror

Budget Range

All Budget Ranges

TV Formats

Half-Hour Pilots (single-cam)

One-Hour Pilots

TV Movies

TV Homes

Network

Cable

Premium Cable

Streaming

TV Genres

Drama

Comedy

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

Thriller

Horror

Sub-Genres

Anthology

Biopic

Book Adaptation

Buddy

Coming-of-Age

Crime/True Crime

Dark Comedy

Documentary Adaptation

Episodic TV

Female-Driven

Ghosts

Graphic Novel Adaptation

High-Concept

Irreverent

Mystery

Political

Psychological

Revenge

Road Trip

Serialized TV

Space

Supernatural

Suspense

True Story

Workplace

Young Adult (YA)

More about Ryan McDonough

Ryan is a Director of Development at Project X Entertainment (SCREAM franchise, THE NIGHT AGENT, READY OR NOT). He previously worked with showrunner Chris Fedak through his overall deal at Warner Brothers. Prior to becoming an executive, Ryan worked in various writers room support staff roles on shows like PRODIGAL SON and LETHAL WEAPON as well as the Michael Bay movie AMBULANCE. He began his career working at Paradigm Talent Agency.

Testimonials

Meeting with Ryan was a tremendous asset. Especially as a writer who works largely in genre mashups that some execs discourage, Ryan's understanding about the place for these types of stories within the industry was so helpful. With knowledge and a strong creative voice of his own, Ryan was able to give notes that I have been able to take and use to bring my voice and characters out further in this script.Plus, it was simply a pleasure to talk to him. Great exec who I would recommend to not only any genre writer, but to any writer who is looking for somebody to get to the core of their story and find the ways to not only fix what isn't working, but amplify the things that are.

~ Anonymous, Screenwriter

How it Works

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.

Be sure to familiarize yourself with Roadmap's Code of Conduct.

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.

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