LU faculty member presenting at Sheboygan Film Festival
糖心vlog传媒 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 archetypes鈥攆rom 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 bachelor鈥檚 degree from 糖心vlog传媒 and her MFA from Wichita State University. At 糖心vlog传媒, she teaches fiction, nonfiction and screenwriting; organizes and hosts the annual Great Lakes Writers Festival and serves as editor for the literary magazine 鈥淪eems.鈥�
Her work appears in 鈥淩uminate,鈥� 鈥淣orth Dakota Quarterly,鈥� 鈥淐ounterclock,鈥� 鈥淔ourteen Hills,鈥� 鈥淏arnstorm,鈥� 鈥淪toneboat,鈥� Fractions鈥� and 鈥淢etal Scratches.鈥� Her short story 鈥淣ightcrawlers鈥� was awarded first prize in Mikrokosmos鈥� 2024 fiction contest.
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