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!
I personally love to hear a writer's personal connection to the material. I also want to be rooted in the protagonist's POV. I also think structure is key, so laying out the plot properly during a pitch can do a lot to cover up a lot of missing story specifics that can't be otherwise communicated due to time constraints.
While my background has been in TV, I'm currently focused on features, so that's where my mind is at. Genre-wise, I'm drawn to things with humor and heart. Comedy, feel-good, inspiring... all that kind of stuff.
I'm not interested in horror or graphic violence.
Richard Lowe is a writer/producer who has staffed on KUNG FU and GOD FRIENDED ME, going to set to produce each of his episodes. He also wrote freelance episodes for DR. KEN and WALK THE PRANK. Outside of staffing, he has developed TV and wrote an unproduced comedy feature for New Line Cinema. Beyond Hollywood, he has written essays and articles for various publications including Fore Magazine, Ventura Blvd., and AdWeek.
He is an alum of the Warner Bros. Writer’s Workshop and an Austin Film Festival finalist and semi-finalist. He graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television. Before embarking on his career as a writer, he worked as an editor and assistant editor, with credits that include THE GOOD FIGHT, THE GOOD WIFE, and UP ALL NIGHT. Drawing from his extensive experience in all facets of television, he loves mentoring new writers as they break into the industry, ideally over a fresh cup of coffee.
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.