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!
Features (Romance, Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Family Movies)
Sarah Al-Qatou is a producer & development executive with an array of experiences championing crowd-pleasing and culturally-resonate narratives that elevate diverse perspectives. She is the Creative Executive at Rideback RISE, where she spearheaded development of the 2025 slate of film & TV projects within RISE's filmmaker fellowship program. Previously, she was a CE at Issa Rae’s banner, HOORAE – where she produced across film, TV, and unscripted, notably working on RAP SH!T S2. In addition, she worked with filmmaker Lulu Wang under her banner Local Time, supporting development & production of Wang’s stirring limited series, EXPATS. She has also worked at film financier Big Beach & in acquisitions at Focus Features. She also produced the action short film, TRIGGERMAN by Tyler Holmes (Foundation), which was released by Omeleto, and played at Hollyshorts, LA Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival, and San Francisco Black Film Festival to name a few. A UCLA grad, Sarah firmly believes in the mantra ‘we rise together.’ She has supported programs such as: The Academy's Film Accelerator, Palm Springs Shortfest, Sundance & WIF Financing Intensive, and Reel Champions. She is also a former Film Independent Project Involve Fellow, and a current 2025 WIF Business Fellow.
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.