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!
Know your project inside and out. Understand the marketplace you're seeking to enter, and have a POV on comparative projects, style, and/or what makes your idea stand out. Don't rely on great prose to sell material!
A heist project - either comedic a la OCEANS or gritty Americana a la HELL OR HIGH WATER. For TV, we could follow the MONEY HEIST model.
Female led thrillers - “MICHELLE CLAYTON”
Coenesque/left-of-center comedies a la BURN AFTER READING, THE INFORMANT
Elevated unflinching dramas a la UNBELIEVABLE, THE STAIRCASE, PRESUMED INNOCENT, DEFENDING JACOB, THE NIGHT OF
Musical-adjacent projects a la DAISY JONES and ALMOST FAMOUS
Irreverent, biting political satires a la VICE
Political thriller a la HOUSE OF CARDS and IDES OF MARCH (Wouldn't be about current politics but just in the world of politicians)
Twisty domestic thriller a la GONE GIRL and BIG LITTLE LIES
Atmospheric-location dramas a la BLOODLINE, BECOMING A GOD,
OZARK where the setting is basically a character
SUCCESSION/YELLOWSTONE-esque matriarch project
Elevated “hard funny“ comedies a la HACKS
Elevated crime drama a la NIGHT MANAGER
Dark comedies a la BAD SISTERS and DEAD TO ME
Also, all of these apply to international projects as well, especially UK, Ireland, and Netherlands, but would take all EU as well, and Mexico.
Don't usually go for body horror but I do creature and psych horror. Don't usually do rom-com but I do genre blend, so if its rom/action, that's ok. If the budget as a television show is unrealistic.
Ryan Goldblum combines his experience in Film/TV development and literary management to identify emerging global talent, help guide and shape writer and director careers and portfolios, and develop an independent slate of indie feature projects both domestically and internationally.
Having worked alongside Emmy-award winning producers and creatives on projects like Richard Linklater's APOLLO 10 1/2 (Netflix) and Raphael Bob-Waksberg's UNDONE (Amazon), Ryan has a keen eye for projects that will pop in the marketplace. Currently, he has two independent features set up with production partners, and clients developing scripts with top-tier production companies including Zero Gravity and Gran Via Entertainment.
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.