Get a set of exec eyes or ears on the written or verbal pitch for your project.
- Writers may choose to have their 1-2 pg. written pitch or their 8-Min. verbal pitch (via phone or ZoomEvents) reviewed by the working professional of their choice.
- You will receive a personalized feedback report within 7 to 10 business days following the scheduled session.
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Please boil down your idea to the most streamlined, efficient, tight, punchy version you can muster. Easier said than done, I know!
Half-Hour Cable & Streaming Comedies and Dramedies, BIPOC stories set firmly in underrepresented genres (with BIPOC leads in Sci-Fi, Action, Western, Comedy, Horror, etc.), One-Hour Streaming Dramas. Would love to work with more Black female writers for all the genres I've listed. I LOVE anything that subverts familiar genre tropes!
Examples of shows I gravitate toward: THE BEAR, BETTER CALL SAUL, BLACK BIRD, BREAKING BAD, BUPKIS, FATAL ATTRACTION, I LOVE THAT FOR YOU, INVINCIBLE, THE MANDALORIAN, MAD MEN, MIRACLE WORKERS, PEACEMAKER, POKER FACE, RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES, THE LAST OF US, THE SOPRANOS, STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS, SUCCESSION, WELCOME TO CHIPPENDALES, WE OWN THIS CITY, WINNING TIME, and of course, REACHER and FUBAR!
Animation (family-friendly)
Dystopian
Fantasy
Hallmark/Lifetime films or TV shows
Holiday
Musical
Romance or Rom Com
Spiritual
Supernatural
YA
Michael J. Gutierrez is a Los Angeles based writer that was a finalist in the Disney/ABC, NBC and Universal Animation writing fellowship programs. He was an inaugural fellow in the Circle of Confusion Writer Discovery program and most recently has written for FUBAR and REACHER.
- Immediately after registering, you will receive an Order Confirmation email that serves as the receipt for your registration. In the Order Summary section of this email, you will find a link reading "CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS" that will take you to instructions on how to submit your contact info or written pitch via the Material Submission Form.
- Your material/contact submission is due as soon as you are ready, but no later than midnight PT on the Friday before your session.
- The week before your session, you will receive an email from Zoom with the link to your session.
- You will receive this exec's written feedback on your pitch via email within 7 to 10 business days following the session unless otherwise notified.
- Need some general guidelines on pitching? Check out our Hitchhiker's Guide to Pitching!
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Cancellation Policy
You may cancel for a full refund up to 72 hrs. prior to the start of the session. Cancellations requested after this deadline will be ineligible for refunds.
Questions?
If you have any questions at all about this program, email coordinator@roadmapwriters.com!