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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Relax, be yourself and let me know why this protagonist and their special story needs to be put out into this crazy world of ours!
I connect with so many different types of narratives and am open to hearing about them all, but some that particularly gauge my interest include:
Whodunnits in the vein of Agatha Christie or KNIVES OUT
Queer/Trans Narratives, especially coming of age.
Anything in the slasher genre ala SCREAM
Disaster Films ala THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, 2012, etc
90s nostalgia stories
Marco Amato is a Long Island born and bred, first generation Italian creative, as committed to diverse storytelling as he is to retaining his accent. He left the east coast for the scorching streets of L.A. to work in William Morris Endeavor’s Independent Film Sales Department and pursue his dream of being a storyteller for the underdogs. His time at the agency coupled with his bachelor's degree in Screenwriting from Brooklyn College have served him well as he navigates the complex pipelines of the entertainment industry – though not as well as his minor in Psychology.
Marco has been a script consultant for six years working for several different screenwriting competitions and film festivals including the Golden Script Competition, Wildsound Film Festival and most recently, the ISA. He enjoys working with writers from all different walks of life, and with varying levels of screenwriting experience to help bring their stories alive on the page in the most cinematic way possible.
He views critical feedback as an opportunity for creatives to learn from each other and believes he gets just as much out of helping writers craft their narratives as they hopefully do from him. He measures the success of his consultation work by a writer's level of excitement going into the revision process after a notes session. Notes should inspire, not discourage.
In 2024, Marco was invited to join renowned producer Nicholas Weinstock’s global writing community Craft Services thanks to his queer teen slasher SIXTEEN SLASHES. He remains inexhaustibly committed to saying something meaningful by seeing the written word come alive on screen. He is currently working on his first short film as well as developing his thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth feature scripts.
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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Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
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.