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!
Lead with a strong hook and emotion. Would prefer to have my attention grabbed first and let the details organically follow.
Female-driven material of any and all genres. Prefer to work in the streaming and premium space, but also love projects ranging from indies to those with broader commercial appeal. I always enjoy reading dramedies, romances, comedies, thrillers, horror, as well as any that highlight coming of age at any age.
Animation
Shannon Vayo is an entertainment veteran who has worked across the industry in producing, development, and current programming. Most recently she was the Director of Development for Film & TV at Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine where she managed and drove results on multiple film & television projects in various stages of development, production and post.
She has served as an executive and producer on numerous television projects including the Emmy award-winning series THE MORNING SHOW and SURFACE starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (both for Apple). On the film side, Shannon helped produce the film adaptation of one of Reese’s Book Club’s most beloved selections, the chart-topping New York Times Bestselling novel WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING (3000 Pictures/Sony), starring Daisy Edgar Jones, as well as Aline Brosh McKenna’s feature directorial debut YOUR PLACE OR MINE (Netflix).
Prior to joining Hello Sunshine, Shannon worked at The CW Network, Sony, Amazon Studios, and CBS Entertainment on such series as RIVERDALE, THE GOOD FIGHT, MOM, and the CHARMED reboot, among others.
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.