LU faculty member presenting at Sheboygan Film Festival
51ĀŅĀ× Associate Professor of Writing Jodie Mortag will lead a session on screenwriting at the inaugural Sheboygan Film Festival.
Mortag will lead Screenwriting 101 on Friday, October 3, at 2 p.m. at WordHaven BookHouse, 923 N. 8th St. Sheboygan, Wis.
This workshop will introduce writers and film enthusiasts to essential techniques used in script composition so that they may have the tools to begin their own.
Mortag will discuss the written structure of the genre and explore how writers use language in creative, unique ways to make their story visual art. Participants will examine models from a broad spectrum of film archetypesāfrom drama to romance to science fiction.
The workshop is included for those who purchase festival passes or there is a $5 suggested donation.
Mortag, a true Wisconsinite, having labored numerous summers in the mozzarella factory, received her bachelorās degree from Lakeland and her MFA from Wichita State University. At Lakeland, she teaches fiction, nonfiction and screenwriting; organizes and hosts the annual Great Lakes Writers Festival and serves as editor for the literary magazine āSeems.ā
Her work appears in āRuminate,ā āNorth Dakota Quarterly,ā āCounterclock,ā āFourteen Hills,ā āBarnstorm,ā āStoneboat,ā Fractionsā and āMetal Scratches.ā Her short story āNightcrawlersā was awarded first prize in Mikrokosmosā 2024 fiction contest.
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