The Pitch Fitness Club [Subscription]

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The Pitch Fitness Club is a subscription-based, screenwriting group providing you with tools to market yourself as a writer & keep in touch with what today's industry standard looks like.

This program allows you to audit selected classes from the Career Writer Program to see what it's all about!

On top of that, Pitch Fitness Club members are invited to one exclusive workshop per month with one of the Roadcrew, allowing you the opportunity for personal attention! There are four different workshops and they rotate monthly, so signing up for an ongoing subscription means not only do you get a discount, you can work on a different aspect of your brand or script each month!

The Pitch Fitness Club

Here's a secret: talented will only take you so far in Hollywood. Professional writers know that to push their scripts ahead of the pack, they have to excel at expanding their network and pitching themselves and their projects!

Make sure to check the "SCHEDULE" tab each month. All sessions take place 100% online via ZOOM so writers can participate from anywhere in the world.

Save $20 if you start a monthly subscription to The Pitch Fitness Club—only $79!

We provide writers with educational tools and pitching strategies to help take their craft to the next level. Membership includes bonus sessions and exclusive discounts in addition to these monthly offerings:

Interactive State of the Industry Q&A
Live Verbal Pitch Prep Lecture w/ Literary Manager
An Open Pitch Session of your choice with written feedback from an Exec/Rep
Quarterly Logline Workshop
Quarterly Verbal Pitch Roundtable
Quarterly Written Opening Pages Analysis of your script's first 3 pages (with a coupon for a bonus 10-Minute Read Session)
Quarterly Bio/Writer Brand workshop
2x On-Demand Webinar Recordings of your choice

Verbal Pitch Prep Lecture

Summary

THERE IS NO LIVE CLASS IN APRIL.

A recording of last month's session is on the syllabus.

Host:

Chris Deckard - Manager / Co-Founder, Fictional Entity

Prior to co-founding the management/production company Fictional Entity in early 2017, Chris Deckard spent over seven years working with and representing talent at the major agencies ICM Partners and WME. While at WME, Chris worked in the media rights department, selling books for series and film adaptations before moving into the talent department, where he worked closely with high level actors in film, television, and the then-emerging digital space. While at ICM Partners, he again worked with high level actors and worked closely with the packaging and sales department and the digital media group. For over a decade, Chris has worked closely with traditional and new media buyers to find and develop content for domestic and international audiences. In addition to helping cast and package numerous features and series, he has evaluated thousands of scripts for actors and directors. Chris graduated from Cornell University and earned his J.D. from Notre Dame Law School.

Chris helps his clients navigate the evolving entertainment landscape in the United States and abroad. He has negotiated deals for features, series, and podcasts in several international territories. His clients have been named to The Black List, The Hit List, The Young & Hungry List, The Blood List and been lauded by the PAGE Awards, the International Emmys, and The GLAAD Awards. Clients have also earned nominations and placements from The Heath Ledger Scholarship, The Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Awards, the AWG, ADG, SPA, and AACTA. Clients have written, directed, starred, and produced in numerous formats, including features, TV, virtual reality, and podcasts, independently and for companies like Netflix, Lucasfilm, NBCUniversal, Legendary, Marvel, Fremantle, SyFy, the CW, Warner Bros., Amazon, Blumhouse, Hulu, XYZ, The BBC, Comedy Central, the ABC Australia, Foxtel, TruTV, Super Deluxe, Hallmark, Lifetime, CBS, Facebook, E!, and MSNBC.

Several of Chris’ clients had films shoot in 2021, including one for Netflix, and another which sold to XYZ Films, both of which are slated for 2022 release. Within the past year, clients have sold series to Amazon, Netflix, eOne, and Hulu. Chris, along with his business partner, is also an Executive Producer on a scripted series project alongside two writing EPs from New Amsterdam which sold to Universal Television in 2021.

The Writing Hour & Roadmap Writers Q&A

Date / Time

Mon, 04/13/2026 @ 06:00PM - 7:30PM PT

Summary

Ask any lingering questions you may have about Roadmap Writers, the Career Writer Program, how to make sure you're getting the most bang for your buck, and then spend a luxurious session writing with your fellow writers, perhaps with prompts, perhaps with music, perhaps just with the company of other writers. Hop on and get those pages done!

Host:

Gabriel Theis - Director of Digital Marketing & Brand Management, Roadmap Writers

Gabriel Theis is a Philly-based screenwriter, director, and owner of All Nighter Productions. After working on local film productions and grabbing snacks for Drake and Travis Scott, Gabriel wrote, directed, and produced his micro-budget mockumentary, The Curse of Professor Zardonicus, previously available on Tubi and currently available on Amazon. Gabriel serves as the Director of Digital Marketing & Brand Management for Roadmap Writers.

A freelance entertainment journalist, Gabriel has bylines at Fangoria, Dread Central, Polygon, and Screen Rant. He has interviewed notable figures in the industry, including Hellraiser writers Ben Collins & Luke Piotrowski, Welcome to Night Vale co-creator Joseph Fink, and Child's Play director Tom Holland.

Verbal Pitch “Scenarios” Prep

Date / Time

Tue, 04/14/2026 @ 06:00PM - 8:00PM PT

Summary

Audit a session as writers in our Marketing Intensive Program master the art of small talk or "chit-chat" before & after their pitch and practice the ability to handle any exec personality in the room. In this session, the host will take on different exec "personalities" while writers do their pitches to help give them the skills to handle any type.

Host:

Jaime Kawamoto - Director of Access Programs, Roadmap Writers

Jaime Kawamoto is a proud Japanese-Canadian who writes to free the sarcastic, knife-wielding cheerleader cartwheeling through her brain. Currently, she has multiple features moving forward, including an action-thriller, sci-fi book adaptation THE PROSPECT OF MY ARRIVAL, and bitchin' Shakespearean update BETH+MAC. In recent years, she was part of 2025's Nicole Kidman-supported The Writers Lab with a TV pilot, developed a horror feature in Jumpcut Media's incubator, and co-created, wrote and produced sci-fi/horror podcast FEMME FUTURE perfect with Emmy-winning designers Sound Rebels. Jaime's BFA in screenwriting and Second City Conservatory training help her spin trauma and anger into genre-storytelling gold.

Coach Tiffany's Pitch Checkup

Date / Time

Sat, 04/18/2026 @ 04:00PM - 6:30PM PT

Summary

Audit a session of at most eight (8) writers in our Step 2: Marketing Intensive as they practice the pitches they've been going out with & workshop their pitches with notes from Director of Competitions, Tiffany Yarde. Here, you'll get tips on pitching, be able to experience more examples pitches in action, and cheer on your fellow writers! Following the pitch workshop, if there is time, we will open up to Q&A.

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Host:

Tiffany Yarde - Director of Competitions, Roadmap Writers

Tiffany Yarde graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a B.A. in English with a concentration in Creative Writing. Having been raised in public housing by Bajan immigrants has led Tiffany to write about culturally diverse characters struggling with self-acceptance. Tiffany was a fellow in the inaugural class of the Creative Corridor Program and recently co-wrote the short film Bon Voyage which premiered in NYC as part of the Women's Weekend Film Challenge. She also wrote the Tubi Original Film, Dress For Success. When not developing content that challenges the monolithic perception of the "Black experience," Tiffany enjoys spending time with her husband and fantasizing about the day when they will be able to kick their 5 children out so they can travel the world.

Opening Pages Analysis

Date / Time

Wed, 04/29/2026 @ 06:30PM - 7:30PM PT

Summary

Your host will give several volunteer writers from the Marketing Intensive (Step 2 of the Career Writer Program) specific feedback on their opening 3 pages. The pages will be shared on-screen with the rest of the group so everybody can learn from the feedback. The Opening Pages Analysis will start with a lecture on some of the immediate reasons an executive might pass on your work—and you might not even know you're doing one of these things! Remember, most execs won't read past page 5 if they aren't hooked from the start.

Host:

Joey Tuccio - CEO of Roadmap Writers

Joey started in the industry at Bold Films (DRIVE, NIGHTCRAWLER, WHIPLASH) and has read for Hugh Jackman's company, George Clooney's company, and Night and Day Pictures, to name a few. Experiencing how hard it was for writers to receive real tangible advice on how to break into the industry, Joey and Dorian created Roadmap Writers over 9 years ago. At Roadmap, Joey focuses on connecting vetted writers with execs in the industry. He has helped hundreds of writers connect to their representation, get staffed and get produced. He also mentors for Cinestory and The Writers Lab. When he's not helping writers, he spends his time rescuing animals in need.

Through Joey's outreach, writers have signed to CAA, APA, Verve, Circle of Confusion, 42, Anonymous Content, Affirmative Entertainment, Range Media partners, Bellevue Productions, Buchwald Agency, Meridian Artists, Rosa Entertainment, RAIN, Lit Entertainment Group, Luber Roklin, Echo Lake, Navigation Media Group, Industry Entertainment, Schemers Entertainment, AAO Entertainment, Kaplan Perrone, Grandview, Housefire Management, Allied Management Group, Artists First, 3 Arts, Story Driven, Ensemble Entertainment, Citizen Skull, Heroes and Villains, Sugar23, First Story Entertainment, Mosaic, Chatrone, Metamorphic Management, Gramercy Park Entertainment, The Cartel, Avalon, Art/Work, Untitled Entertainment, Gotham Group, Schulman Management, Kersey Management, Good Fear, Agile Entertainment, The Gersh Agency, A3, Content House, Kaplan Stahler, Wonder Street, Framework Entertainment, HG5 Entertainment, Zero Gravity, 831 Entertainment, REJ Entertainment, Paradigm, Epicenter, Fourth Wall, Make Good Content and more. Joey has also helped set up projects at Hulu, American High, New Republic Pictures, Legendary, Luma Pictures, Josephson Entertainment, Lifetime, Anvil Pictures, Bohemia Group, Paperclip Limited and more.

These signed writers have gone on to sell and set up projects with Warner Bros., Netflix, Amazon, MGM, Lionsgate, Starz, Hulu, Bigscope Films, Nicely Entertainment, Stampede Ventures, among others. They have also staffed on GREASE: RISE OF THE PINK LADIES, WE WERE LIARS, LAW & ORDER, COBRA KAI, NIGHT COURT, BRIDGERTON, THE FLASH, CHICAGO PD, FUBAR, THE FIRST LADY, THE GOOD DOCTOR, THE RESIDENT, REACHER, SUBJECT TO CHANGE, MAYANS MC and POKER FACE.

How it Works

Cancellation Policy: You may cancel for a full refund up to 5 days prior to the start of the class. Cancellations requested after this period will be ineligible for refunds.

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