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!
Ground me in your world, and give me strong and unexpected characters.
Projects that have something to say about the times we live in, approached from unexpected perspectives, and surprising characters. Projects with an underlying IP are a plus.
Nothing medical or police procedural.
Matthew Carpenter is a Los Angeles based writer/producer, and creative executive with extensive experience in both film and television. A graduate of The American Film Institute with a degree in screenwriting, as a writer he co-developed and wrote for the SyFy channel series PAINKILLER JANE, and oversaw story development for the animated SciFi/horror feature DEADSPACE:DOWNFALL, based on the hit Electronic Arts video game franchise. Other works include the action/horror feature film NAVY SEALS vs. ZOMBIES released by Anchor Bay, the animated SciFi/Comedy pilot ALIEN ADMISSIONS for Blue Ant/Mondo and the drama series EDEN that was set up with eOne and Imagemovers. His work on the executive side began as Director of Creative Development for Starz Media, developing both comedy and drama projects for the network’s burgeoning slate of original programming, including the critically acclaimed PARTY DOWN, CRASH, HEAD CASE, GRAVITY and PILLARS OF THE EARTH. He then ran television development for Jason Blum’s, Blumhouse Productions, where he set up numerous projects including the MTV drama series EYE CANDY and Syfy Channel limited series ASCENSION. Later, Matt was named Head of Development for ASIB Productions where he focused on international co-productions for both features and television. Matt then partnered to form Venezia Media, where he served as Managing Partner/Head of Creative Development, developing and writing scripted and documentary content. He is currently an independent writer/producer working on the feature-length documentary, ZERO G and I FEEL FINE based on the early days of NASA, and taking his slate of television development projects to market.
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.