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!
-Have a reason to be the one to tell this story/your project..."why are you the one to tell this story and why does it need to be told now?"
-Socially-relevant projects
-Female-created genre
-Comedy with a purpose/has a personal connection to the creator & builds up opposed to tearing down
-Any non-fiction or docu-series projects which could be partnered with advocacy groups.
Trying to minimize involvement with holiday projects, anything true crime (unless there is a really unique hook), faith-based projects, mockumentaries.
With nearly two decades of experience in entertainment, Sam Schifrien can trace her fascination for the magic of film & TV back to her North Jersey kindergarten, when she learned to tie her shoes for a sketch on the MTV show THE STATE. In the three decades since, Sam has worked for multiple representation companies in several capacities, networks & studios, in a writers’ room and on sets (where her responsibilities grew beyond tying shoes).
Sam is a proud graduate of the USC Business Cinematic Arts Joint Degree Program (Fight On!) whose first industry jobs were at ABC Media Relations in NY, the USC Campus Filming office and Brillstein Entertainment Partners, where she developed what would be longstanding relationships with clients like Charles Randolph, Alex Tse, Susanna Fogel, Mark Ruffalo and Margaret Nagle. Sam worked on ABC’s RESURRECTION under showrunners Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters before following non-writing Executive Producer JoAnn Alfano to NBCUniversal International. Before starting 93 Cedar, Sam managed a slate of over 30 development projects at Untitled Entertainment (at a department that unfortunately no longer exists but was partnered with great talents like Christina Ricci, Reggie Hudlin and Melanie Griffith).
In addition to building 93 Cedar, Sam has been working in story analysis and IP evaluation for companies with major studio deals, and judged screenplay competitions for various festivals, institutions and organizations. She also teaches and coaches writers from all over the world, helping them to strengthen their material. Currently, she is looking for like-minded partners, with a particular interest in female-created genre, comedy with a purpose/has a personal connection to the creator & builds up opposed to tearing down, and any non-fiction or docu-series projects which could be partnered with advocacy groups.
Sam is extremely adept at story as well as giving excellent refining notes. You can tell that she has a sophistication about what will work and what will be commercially viable. It felt like she gave only the notes that were absolutely necessary without getting too nitpicky or detail oriented. I feel like my material will be much much better for having met with her, and I am extremely thankful!
~ Heather Mason, Screenwriter
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.