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 respond most when the writer leads with their personal connection to the material - why they are the one to tell this story. I’m always looking for the contemporary relevance and emotional relatability at the core: what this piece is saying about who we are right now. Show me the human heartbeat first; everything else builds from there.
I work across genres, and my background spans both development and production on ongoing scripted series that range in sensibility. I’m especially drawn to character-driven drama - anything where emotional stakes, identity, and relationships sit at the center of the storytelling, regardless of genre vehicle.
While I have a lot of experience in high-concept and grounded sci-fi, thriller, true crime, and elevated character mystery, I have a particular love and interest in rom-com, romance, comedy, and soft-romance, as well as holiday movies, YA, and soap-forward emotional storytelling. I’m increasingly interested in faith-based and aspirational narratives as well — stories rooted in hope, resilience, community, and joy.
I am less interested in deep period pieces, politics and war stories.
Laura Notarianni is a multifaceted development executive, producer, and creative strategist with over 15 years of experience shaping scripted and unscripted content across the U.S. and Canadian markets.
Most recently, Laura served as Vice President of Production at Untitled Entertainment in Los Angeles, where she helped launch and oversee the company’s production division, steering a diverse slate of film and television projects from concept to delivery. At Untitled, she secured partnerships with major global platforms including Netflix and Amazon, and collaborated with leading creative teams such as Hat Trick Productions, HartBeat, and A+E Studios. Her credits as Executive Producer include BURIED IN BARSTOW (Lifetime) starring Angie Harmon, and CRIMES OF FASHION (Hallmark). Previously, as Senior Director of Scripted Programming at Boat Rocker Media, Laura worked on internationally acclaimed series ORPHAN BLACK (BBC America), and served as Supervising Producer for KILLJOYS (SYFY), and the BAFTA winning teen soap THE NEXT STEP (CBBC/Family Channel).
She began her career as a showrunner’s assistant and script coordinator on the critically acclaimed CBC/SoapNet series BEING ERICA, where she honed her grounding in story structure and production from the writer’s room up. An avid entertainment enthusiast, Laura is passionate about collaborating with writers and talent- known for her ability to communicate with clarity, empathy, and creative precision.
Recognized by The Hollywood Reporter as one of Canada’s “15 Rising Stars in Film & TV,” she champions storytelling that illuminates the human experience and celebrates imagination, engaging with the cultural currents that shape our time - crafted within an entertainment-forward, artistically ambitious, and commercially resonant framework.
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.