At Roadmap, we believe in putting writers in real-world environments and showing them what the industry is really like. Enter: The Water Bottle Tour!
Water Bottle Tour is the term for when agents and managers set their clients up on a string of meetings in a short period of time. The phrase refers to the litany of water bottles one collects at each of these meetings!
In this Water Bottle Tour, writers learn what executives really look for in their pages, pitches, and general meetings. Full of immersive opportunities to network and learn from executives, writers will be put to the test in virtual meetings with multiple execs each and every week to sharpen their general meetings skills. This is a fast-paced, fully immersive experience to push you from good in the room to owning the room.
Session Formats
Virtual Meetups: Following an intro from the exec, each writer will give a brief overview of their projects and brand. Following each 5-minute introduction, the rest of the time will be used for a group Q&A with the exec so writers can ask any industry-related questions and put their chit-chat skills to the test. Your host will be provided with your loglines and bios beforehand so they will already be familiar with you before we get started.
Verbal Pitch Prep: Learn the art of delivering your verbal pitch, including how to pitch conversationally (without reading!), how to efficiently incorporate all of the necessary elements of a pitch (tone, characters, plot), and how to make your pitch relatable and universal. Then, deliver your verbal pitch for practice and notes.
30-Minute General Meetings: Each writer will take the skills they learned so far and apply them to a full private 30 Minute Mock General Meeting with an executive specifically interested in their genre. This will be an opportunity for an executive to get to know your writing and help you develop your career trajectory. Can you own the room? For General Meeting #3, the executive will receive the first 20 pages of your script for review prior to the session. Each writer will receive written feedback from the executive on each General Meeting.
Researching Target Homes/Next Steps: Knowing how to pitch is just half the battle - now it's time for some tools & tricks for figuring out who to pitch your projects to! The art of researching target homes is luckily one that can be taught - in this session, we'll walk you through the process of researching target homes for your project on the internet. We will also look at your bio and loglines and give you guidance on what the next steps for your career can be!
Final Recap: In this final hour, Roadmap's CEO will go over recurring feedback given during this Water Bottle Tour, do's and don't's on following up with execs they made relationships with during the program, plus a tutorial on how to properly research target homes for your projects!
Loving the Water Bottle Tour! Learned a lot from some very sharp industry pros, running the gamut from pitching and taking meetings to getting full coverage on my script. It was already well worth the money, and I still have one week to go!
~ Lisa Rysinger - Screenwriter
I loved the Water Bottle Tour! It provided assistance in ways not normally accessible. For instance, we’re having a 30-minute general meeting this weekend to mimic such meetings in LA. Great opportunity!
~ Larry Woldenberg - Screenwriter
Hollywood is all about 'Who you know.' But how do you, as a writer, turn that around to 'Who knows you?' The Water Bottle Tour will teach you how to get noticed and remembered.
~ Marie Roughan - Screenwriter
Cancellation Policy: You may cancel for a full refund up to 5 days prior to the start of the class. Cancellations requested after this period will be ineligible for refunds.
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