If readers aren’t grabbed by your story in the first 15 pages, they may not keep reading. Submit the first 15 pages of your script and have a 15-minute story notes call with the executive of your choice. This call will help you create a strong opening/act one to keep readers going until FADE OUT.
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Make it concise focusing on characters and their development throughout the pilot/series/feature. Convey a comprehensive overview of the world and the plot you have created. but don't get bogged down in the details. Convey the world and the characters to make me/us fall in love with them. Don't make it feel like a presentation; you are trying to persuade me (the hypothetical/potential buyer) with emotions to spend money from my budget on your idea.
Top Tier + Pitches - Interested in ongoing series
Consultations - Scripted TV, Features, Podcasts, Webseries, IP
Jennifer Patterson is a creative executive at Paramount/CBS Studios (THE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, SKYMED, NCIS: TONY & ZIVA, DIGMAN!) with experience across high-profile scripted and feature development and production. Before joining Paramount/CBS Studios, she has worked with companies such as Blumhouse Television (THE BONDSMAN, THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH, SCARPETTA) Echo Lake Entertainment (THE GREAT), Valhalla Entertainment (THE WALKING DEAD), FX Networks (AMERICAN HORROR STORY, SONS OF ANARCHY, WILFRED), British Film Commission, and Creative Artists Agency (CAA). Her recent projects include The Little House on the Prairie, SkyMed, NCIS: Tony & Ziva, Digman!, The Walking Dead Universe, The Bondsman, Scarpetta, The Horror of Dolores Roach, The Sticky, Shogun, and Blumhouse Television’s slate of original movies for Epix/MGM+.
She focuses on bold, elevated genre storytelling with a particular passion for horror, sci-fi, fantasy, dystopian, post-apocalyptic, psychological thrillers, mystery and crime, grounded dramas, action and adventure, supernatural and paranormal, and character-driven speculative fiction that explores moral complexity, sociopolitical tension, and the ways people transform under pressure. But she also has a love for lighter fare like comedies, rom-coms
Jennifer maintains strong relationships throughout the industry, including Amazon, Netflix, MGM+, UCP, Peacock, AMC, Lionsgate, HBO, Dreamworks, and major talent agencies and management companies such as CAA, WME, UTA, Gersh, Paradigm, Anonymous Content, Innovative Artists, Epicenter, and IAG.
After registering, you will receive instructions on how to submit your material in your order confirmation email. After submitting your material, please allow about 3-4 weeks to receive proposed times for scheduling your call with the exec. If you haven't heard from your exec by the 3-4 week mark about scheduling, please email terra@roadmapwriters.com so we know to check in with them on your behalf about their proposed dates/ETA for you.
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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.