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!
In my experience, the key to a good pitch is to relax and think of it as telling your friends about the best movie you just walked out of. Don't worry about every detail or getting too into the weeds. It's about what you feel and want them to feel.
My goal is to help writers become the best version of themselves. In addition to navigating Hollywood as a writer and producer, I've worked in development and screenplay coverage, so I have a lot of experience helping writers unlock their scripts' full potential. In terms of genre, I'm pretty agnostic. I'm most interested in the story you want to tell and why you want to tell it. I like strong characters, scripts with something to say, and unique, hungry voices ready to level up.
I love TV, but most of my professional experience has been in film, so I'm primarily looking for feature screenplays.
Brian T. Arnold is a screenwriter and producer. His script IN THE END was featured on the Black List and is in development with producer Stacey Snider. He's also attached to write and produce a remake of the 80s cult classic ELECTRIC DREAMS for 27th Hour, an adaptation of the Eisner-nominated graphic novel PENNY NICHOLS for IDW Entertainment, and THE RESET, a romantic comedy based on a true story for Collective Pictures.
Arnold previously won the Tracking Board Launch Pad Feature Competition, the Script Pipeline First Look Competition, and the Shore Scripts competition.
He studied improv and sketch comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade and The Groundlings, wrote for a sketch team at iO West, and wrote for the CBS Diversity Comedy Showcase.
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.
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, 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.