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!
Character forward please. And grab my attention and be unique. Stand out from the crowd.
I'm just interested in character forward stories with plenty of depth. I'm looking across all genres with all kinds of characters.
Chris Coggins has over two decades of experience in feature, television and digital series development and production. She began her career directly after graduation from The University of Southern California School for Cinematic Arts working as a Creative Assistant at Escape Artists/Sony Pictures.
At Escape Artists she assisted on productions THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS, THE WEATHER MAN, THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123, KNOWING AND THE GREAT DEBATERS. There, she ascended through the ranks and procured numerous projects for the company including THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, FALL FROM GRACE, SEVEN POUNDS, MASTERPIECE, RUMSPRINGA! and I WANT TO *$&% YOUR SISTER. She also secured the scripts for and co-produced THE BACK-UP PLAN and HOPE SPRINGS .
Coggins then moved on to working at Allison Shearmur Productions at her home studio Lionsgate and procured projects BURIAL RITES, ENDANGERED and NERVE for the studio. There, she also developed PRIDE, PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES and CINDERELLA.
She then progressed to Rock Paper Scissors Entertainment as Head of Development. There she built a production slate, produced the PSA Take Yourself on a Date and was responsible for development on the company’s new media projects for The Oscars, HBO and Amazon.
Coggins’ recent independent projects include producing the spec pilot ANGELINO HEIGHTS, PSA Not on My Watch and the music video for Alekesam's All is Forgiven.
Next, Coggins worked at Luc Besson’s studio EuropaCorp and procured projects Unt. ANISTON SUPERHERO PROJECT, FAE, and the English-language remake for the Japanese blockbuster SHIELD OF STRAW.
She moved into management at Heroes and Villains Entertainment representing writers, and directors. Currently, She is a member of Film Independent, LACMA, the LA Conservancy and the spcaLA.
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.