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!
I'd like to help the writer clarify to self what they want to say with their script, and guide them to being able to sum up the story in a few, precise words. This can be a crucial beacon that guides the impact of a pitch and tightness of a script. Also, I'd like to see how much urgency is in the writer's voice. Being able to convey the urgency of the project will always stand out.
Features and shorts (independent cinema) are ideal, but also writers of long form and short form manuscripts too. My experience is mostly in nurturing one's creativity as well as character development, plotting, and the screenplay form.
TV show creation/writing/producing is not currently a match.
Steven Fischer is a two-time Emmy® nominated filmmaker. His credits include the acclaimed animated documentary FREEDOM DANCE with Golden Globe Award-winning actress Mariska Hargitay and OLD SCHOOL NEW SCHOOL, a personal study on creativity with Emmy-winning actor Brian Cox and Grammy Award winner McCoy Tyner among many other internationally acclaimed artists.
He co-produced LIFE & DEATHS of MAX LINDER (2024), a theatrical feature film retelling the soap opera life of Charlie Chaplin’s mentor. (Canal+, CINE+, TVP — Poland/France/USA/Belgium co-production)
His animation and live action film commissions include projects for: Maryland Public Television/PBS, TV Asia, Romanian Television Network, McGraw-Hill, Polish National Alliance, Nalco/Ecolab, Nextel, DuPont, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, Hollywood Stars II, Screen Arts Animation, and AmeriCorps.
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.