Linda Seger
{{Infobox person
| name = Linda Seger
| image =
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| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|08|27}}
| birth_name = Linda Sue Seger
| birth_place = Peshtigo, Wisconsin
| yearsactive = 1981–present
| occupation = author, screenwriting consultant
}}
Linda Sue Seger (born August 27, 1945) is an American author and former screenwriting consultant. She is best known for her books on screenwriting.
Education and career
Seger grew up in Peshtigo, Wisconsin.{{cite book | last=Seger | first=Linda | title=The Art of Adaptation: Turning Fact and Fiction Into Film | publisher=Henry Holt and Company | location=New York | year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4299-3668-2 | oclc=872608885 | page=63}} She received an undergraduate degree from Colorado College in 1967.{{cite web|url=https://sites.coloradocollege.edu/bulletin/2017/09/recognizing-the-contributions-of-our-community/|title=Recognizing the Contributions of Our Community|website=Bulletin|publisher=Colorado College|date=Summer 2017|access-date=December 21, 2019}} 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.{{cite news|url=https://psr.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/PacificSchoolofReligion_CatalystWeb_Spring2016.pdf|title=The Spirit of Work: Alums at Work|work=Catalyst|publisher=Pacific School of Religion|last=Seger|first=Linda|date=Spring 2016|access-date=December 21, 2019}}
Seger is the author of several books on the subject of screenwriting. She also worked as a script consultant,{{cite web|url=https://lindaseger.com/about/|title=About Linda Seger|website=Official Website|date=29 September 2014 |publisher=Linda Seger|access-date=June 30, 2021}}{{cite book|title=Writing For the Screen|editor-last=Weinstein|editor-first=Anna|chapter=Building Your Team: Insights from the Screenwriting Consultant, an Interview with Linda Seger|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CEUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA112|pages=112–118|publisher=Routledge Taylor & Francis Group | location=New York | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-317-37054-3 | oclc=973222907}}{{cite journal|last1=Batty|first1=Craig|title=An interview by Craig Batty with Linda Seger|journal=Journal of Screenwriting|volume=3|issue=2|year=2012|pages=239–246|issn=1759-7137|doi=10.1386/josc.3.2.239_7}} and had consulted on more than 80 produced films and television episodes{{cite news|url=https://gazette.com/life/colorado-college-graduate-relies-on-spirituality-in-her-work-as/article_a68bd47b-a09c-5555-8a16-9f6078241f02.html |title=Colorado College Graduate Relies on Spirituality in her Work as Script Consultant|last=Mulson|first=Jennifer|date=January 22, 2016|newspaper=Colorado Springs Gazette}} until her retirement in 2020. In addition to books on screenwriting, she has written several books on themes around spirituality and religion.
Selected books
=On screenwriting=
- {{cite book | last=Seger | first=Linda | title=Writing Subtext: What Lies Beneath | publisher=Michael Wiese Productions | location=Studio City, CA | year=2017 | isbn=978-1-61593-258-0}}Reviews for Writing Subtext:
- {{cite journal|last1=Forrest|first1=David|last2=Hackel|first2=Kristiina|last3=Arnett|first3=Robert|last4=Trott|first4=Sarah|title=Reviews|journal=Journal of Screenwriting|volume=3|issue=1|year=2011|pages=119–128|issn=1759-7137|doi=10.1386/josc.3.1.119_4}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.raindance.org/writing-subtext-dr-linda-seger/|title=Writing Subtext by Dr. Linda Seger|website=Raindance|last=Charles|first=Baptiste|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=December 21, 2019}}
- {{cite web|last=Hale |first=Heather |url=http://www.scriptmag.com/features/the-great-linda-seger-has-done-it-again |title=The Great Linda Seger Has Done It Again!|website=Script Magazine|publisher=Writers Digest |date=July 8, 2011 |accessdate=December 14, 2019}}
- {{cite book | last=Seger | first=Linda | title=Making a Good Script Great |edition=3rd | publisher=Silman-James Press | location=Beverly Hills, CA | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-935247-01-2 }}{{cite episode|title=Linda Seger interview: Making a Good Script Great|series=Connie Martinson Talks Books|network=PBS|date=October 1990|url=http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cmt/id/1283}} (Cited over 250 times according to Google Scholar.{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=6384188543761846927|title=Citations for Making a Good Script Great|website=Google Scholar|access-date=December 24, 2019}})
- {{cite book | last=Seger | first=Linda | title=And the Best Screenplay Goes To–: Learning from the Winners: Sideways, Shakespeare in Love, Crash | publisher=Michael Wiese Productions | location=Studio City, CA | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-932907-38-4}}Review: {{cite journal|last1=Maloney|first1=Tim|title=And the Best Screenplay Goes to, Linda Seger (2008)|journal=Journal of Screenwriting|volume=1|issue=1|year=2010|pages=207–210|issn=1759-7137|doi=10.1386/josc.1.1.207}}
- {{cite book | last1=Seger | first1=Linda |last2=Whetmore|first2=Edward J.| title=From Script to Screen: the Collaborative Art of Filmmaking | publisher=Lone Eagle | location=Hollywood, CA | year=2004 | isbn=978-1-58065-054-0 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-58065-054-0|title=Review|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=December 21, 2019}}
- {{cite book | last=Seger | first=Linda | title=When Women Call the Shots: The Developing Power And Influence Of Women In Television And Film | publisher=Henry Holt & Co | location=New York | year=1996 | isbn=978-0-8050-3891-0 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/whenwomencallsho00sege }}Reviews for When Women Call the Shots:
- {{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8050-3891-0|title=Review|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=December 21, 2019}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/linda-seger/when-women-call-the-shots/|title=Review|website=Kirkus Reviews|date=October 1, 1996|access-date=December 21, 2019}}
=On religion and spirituality=
- {{cite book | last=Seger | first=Linda | title=Jesus Rode a Donkey: Why Republicans Don't Have the Corner on Christ | publisher=Adams Media | location=Avon, Mass | year=2006 | isbn=978-1-59337-619-2}}{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-59337-619-2|title=Review|website=Publishers Weekly|access-date=December 22, 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{Official|https://www.lindaseger.com/|Official website as screenwriting consultant}}
- {{Official|http://segeronspirituality.com|Official website as author on spirituality}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0781994}}
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Category:Colorado College alumni
Category:Pacific School of Religion alumni
Category:Writers of books about writing fiction
Category:Screenwriting instructors
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers