How you approach the prep work of outlining your script—whether for your first draft or your 10th—can make all the difference when you sit down to face the blinking cursor. No matter how detailed or macro, all outlines must contain the standard structural integrity and character arcs for your particular format and genre. Submit your outline (10 page max) and the executive will conduct a 30-minute notes call to give you and your story ground-level guidance. You'll discuss how to refine set up of the structure, pacing, theme, and character development for your script.
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Start off with the teaser of the pilot (or first few minutes of the feature), then introduce me to the characters/world, then where you see the characters going next, and finally the "why now" (why is there an audience for this series or feature and why do they need it now)
Anything that is fun, elevated, and feel-good. The world looks to entertainment now more than ever to give us a spark of joy during the unceratainties of the world and I would love to read something that will make audiences smile.
Horror or post-apocalyptic or tonally dark dramas
Nelson Jimenez is a freelance consultant and a former Director of Scripted Programming at The CW Network. He has contributed to developing over 90 projects and shepherding the creative on numerous current series, co-productions, and features.
His six years at The CW included coverage of the final season of DC's SUPERMAN & LOIS, Supernatural spin-off THE WINCHESTERS, SHERLOCK & DAUGHTER (starring David Thewlis), JOAN (starring Sophie Turner), GOOD COP/BAD COP (starring Leighton Meester), SULLIVAN'S CROSSING, and SIGHT UNSEEN. He also led the family comedy block coverage - CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING, RUN THE BURBS, SON OF A CRITCH and the critically-acclaimed EVERYONE ELSE BURNS. In addition, he helped launch the creative of procedural comedy WILD CARDS, THE LIBRARIANS: THE NEXT CHAPTER, and a slate of six romantic comedy features inspired by Harlequin novels.
Prior to his time as a network executive, he spent three years at CAA. There, he was a part of the Multicultural Business Development team, where he led project building for the company's DEI initiatives, including advocating for clients across the Television Lit/Talent spaces and was part of the hosting team behind the annual Amplify conference. Nelson is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a B.S. in Radio-Television-Film and Corporate Communication.
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.
**Please note script outlines are limited to 10 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a consultation for a script outline exceeding 10 pages.
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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.