Linda Seger

Last updated
Linda Seger
Born
Linda Sue Seger

(1945-08-27) August 27, 1945 (age 76)
NationalityAmerican
Occupationauthor, screenwriting consultant
Years active1981–present

Linda Sue Seger (born August 27, 1945) is an American author and former screenwriting consultant. She is best known for her books on screenwriting.

Contents

Education and career

Seger grew up in Peshtigo, Wisconsin. [1] She received an undergraduate degree from Colorado College in 1967. [2] She went on to receive an MA degree from the Pacific School of Religion on Religion in Arts in 1973, and a Th.D in Drama and Theology from the affiliated Graduate Theological Union in 1976. [3]

Seger is the author of several books on the subject of screenwriting. She also worked as a script consultant, [4] [5] [6] and had consulted on more than 80 produced films and television episodes [7] until her retirement in 2020. [4] In addition to books on screenwriting, she has written several books on themes around spirituality and religion.

Selected books

On screenwriting

On religion and spirituality

Related Research Articles

Eknath Easwaran

Eknath Easwaran was an Indian-born spiritual teacher, author and translator and interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads.

Subtext is any content of a creative work, which is not announced explicitly, but is implicit, or becomes something understood by the Reader. Subtext has been used historically to imply controversial subjects without drawing the attention of censors. This has been especially true in comedy; it is also common in science fiction, where it can be easier—and/or safer—to deliver a social critique if, e.g., set in a time other than the (author's) present.

Syd Field

Sydney Alvin Field was an American author and speaker who wrote several books on screenwriting, the first being Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting. He led workshops and seminars about producing salable screenplays. Hollywood film producers use Field's ideas on structure to measure the potential of screenplays.

Screenwriting Art and craft of writing screenplays

Screenwriting or scriptwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is often a freelance profession.

Sam Harris American philosopher, neuroscientist, author, and podcaster

Samuel Benjamin Harris is an American philosopher, neuroscientist, author, and podcast host. His work touches on a wide range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence. Harris came to prominence for his criticism of religion, and Islam in particular, and is known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism, along with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett.

Jeri Taylor is a television scriptwriter and producer, who wrote many episodes of the Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager series.

Esta Spalding American author, screenwriter and poet

Esta Alice Spalding is an American author, screenwriter and poet who won the Pat Lowther Award in 2000 for Lost August.

Linda Hogan (writer) American poet

Linda K. Hogan is a poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories. She is currently the Chickasaw Nation's Writer in Residence. Hogan is a recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Poetry. She lives in Tishomingo, Oklahoma.

Joy Harjo American Poet Laureate

Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She is also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to serve three terms. Harjo is a member of the Muscogee Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv. She is an important figure in the second wave of the literary Native American Renaissance of the late 20th century. She studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts, completed her undergraduate degree at University of New Mexico in 1976, and earned an MFA degree at the University of Iowa in its creative writing program.

Linda Woodhead

Linda Jane Pauline Woodhead is a British academic specialising in the religious studies and sociology of religion. She is best known for her work on religious change since the 1980s, and for initiating public debates about faith. She has been described by Matthew Taylor, head of the Royal Society of Arts, as "one of the world's leading experts on religion".

Barbara Nicolosi is an American screenwriter, script consultant and university professor of cinema and Great Books.

Marilyn Horowitz

Marilyn Horowitz is an American writer, TV creator, script doctor, writing coach, and producer. She is also the creator of the Horowitz System, a system for screenwriting, and author of several books.

Maxine Hammond Dashu, known professionally as Max Dashu, is an American feminist historian, author, and artist. Her areas of expertise include female iconography, mother-right cultures and the origins of patriarchy.

Robin Russin is an American playwright, screenwriter, author and educator.

Phoebe Hart is an Australian filmmaker, lecturer and intersex rights activist, born with Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome. Hart lectures in film, television and digital media at the Queensland University of Technology, and is principal of Hartflicker, a video and film production company. She is known particularly for her autobiographical road trip movie, Orchids, My Intersex Adventure.

Television works about intersex

Intersex, in humans and other animals, describes variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals that, according to the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies".

John Truby is an American screenwriter, director and screenwriting teacher. He has served as a consultant on over 1,000 film scripts over the past three decades, and is also known for the screenwriting software program Blockbuster.

Jule Britt Selbo is an American screenwriter, playwright, author, producer and professor. She was born in Fargo, North Dakota. She is currently a Professor in the Cinema and Television Arts Department at California State University, Fullerton and is a member of the WGA.

Linda Aronson is a British-born Australian screenwriter, educator and author. She wrote the AACTA-nominated drama Kostas and several television series, such as Something in the Air and G.P.

Gaby Chiappe is a British screenwriter, known for her original works: television show The Level, and the films Their Finest and Misbehaviour. Prior to developing these, she worked extensively in commissioned British television, receiving praise and accolades for some of her stories. She has also acted, at university and in a small role in Their Finest.

References

  1. Seger, Linda (2013). The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction Into Film. New York: Henry Holt and Company. p. 63. ISBN   978-1-4299-3668-2. OCLC   872608885.
  2. "Recognizing the Contributions of Our Community". Bulletin. Colorado College. Summer 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  3. Seger, Linda (Spring 2016). "The Spirit of Work: Alums at Work" (PDF). Catalyst. Pacific School of Religion. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  4. 1 2 "About Linda Seger". Official Website. Linda Seger. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  5. Weinstein, Anna, ed. (2017). "Building Your Team: Insights from the Screenwriting Consultant, an Interview with Linda Seger". Writing For the Screen. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. pp. 112–118. ISBN   978-1-317-37054-3. OCLC   973222907.
  6. Batty, Craig (2012). "An interview by Craig Batty with Linda Seger". Journal of Screenwriting. 3 (2): 239–246. doi:10.1386/josc.3.2.239_7. ISSN   1759-7137.
  7. Mulson, Jennifer (January 22, 2016). "Colorado College Graduate Relies on Spirituality in her Work as Script Consultant". Colorado Springs Gazette.
  8. Reviews for Writing Subtext:
  9. "Linda Seger interview: Making a Good Script Great". Connie Martinson Talks Books. October 1990. PBS.
  10. "Citations for Making a Good Script Great". Google Scholar. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  11. Review: Maloney, Tim (2010). "And the Best Screenplay Goes to, Linda Seger (2008)". Journal of Screenwriting. 1 (1): 207–210. doi:10.1386/josc.1.1.207. ISSN   1759-7137.
  12. "Review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  13. Reviews for When Women Call the Shots:
    • "Review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
    • "Review". Kirkus Reviews. October 1, 1996. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  14. "Review". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 22, 2019.