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!
Sub $15M rom com features (think RYE LANE, PALM SPRINGS, SET IT UP)
$10-50M rom com features (think ANYONE BUT YOU, LAST CHRISTMAS, CRAZY RICH ASIANS)
$10-$50M sweeping, emotional romance features (think THE NOTEBOOK, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, REGRETTING YOU)
Sub $15M horror features (think BODIES BODIES BODIES, THE SUBSTANCE)
YA or new adult romance TV (think THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY, NORMAL PEOPLE, SEX EDUCATION)
YA or new adult thriller TV (think WE WERE LIARS, THE SOCIETY, YELLOWJACKETS)
Books for adaptation, particularly romance and literary fiction
Muscular, violent action
Emma Rappold is a film & television producer based in Los Angeles, California. Her work balances clear, authorial vision with commercial accessibility, with an emphasis on championing up-and-coming filmmakers and female-forward content.
Most recently, Emma spent over four years working with Academy Award nominated producer Aaron Ryder (ARRIVAL, MEMENTO, MUD) at Ryder Picture Company. She was a junior executive supporting development, production, and post on ALL OF YOU (Apple), I LOVE BOOSTERS (Neon), AT THE SEA, as well as upcoming releases on ONSLAUGHT (A24), OFFICE ROMANCE (Netflix) starring Jennifer Lopez, and THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD (A24) starring Hugh Jackman. As an executive, she led an initiative to identify high-profile book adaptations for the slate, including #1 New York Times bestsellers FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry and BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD by Brynne Weaver. She also worked as a coordinator on DUMB MONEY (Sony), BRUISER (Hulu), and the Marc Rebillet documentary SONGS ABOUT F*CKING. Prior to her time at RPC, she worked at Audio Up Media, a podcast start up with a focus on robust music integrations in both the scripted and unscripted spaces. She collaborated on development, production, publishing, and marketing across 15 podcasts with collaborators including Stephen King, James Ellroy, Machine Gun Kelly, and Miranda Lambert.
Originally from north Texas, Emma began her career recording commercial voice-overs for Radio Disney. She received a Bachelor of Science in Radio-Television-Film and a minor in Art History with highest honors from the University of Texas at Austin. She was one of 22 students selected for the Texas Exes’ Forty Acres Scholarship Program, the premier full-ride, merit-based scholarship program at the university. During her time at UT, Emma interned in film and TV development at 10 different companies in 4 different companies, including WME, Annapurna Pictures, Black Bear Pictures, FilmNation Entertainment, Roadside Attractions, Mister Smith Entertainment, and Pathe UK.
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.