Episode 295: Kat Montagu — YVR Screen Scene

Dec 19

Dec 19 Episode 295: Kat Montagu

Kat Montagu has spent much of her career telling and shaping stories for screens large and small, and helping others do the same. A distinguished writer, producer, script analyst, story editor, and teacher, Kat’s impressive background includes writing for the television series Alienated and collaborating on a time travel novel-to-TV series adaptation with Sara B. Cooper. She holds a BFA and an MFA in Creative Writing as well as multiple awards and development funding grants. Currently serving as Head of the Writing Department at Vancouver Film School and the senior story editor for Crazy8s, Kat is unabashedly and unreservedly passionate about helping writers discover and hone their unique voices. In this absorbing and informative conversation with Sabrina Rani Furminger, Kat talks storytelling, screenwriting, gaming, Oxford commas, finding your voice, breaking into the industry, Dennis Heaton, and why A.I. is no replacement for human writers.

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This episode of the YVR Screen Scene Podcast is sponsored by Biz Books (https://www.bizbooks.net/) and The Drama Class (http://www.thedramaclass.com).

RELATED LINKS
https://vfs.edu/
https://vfs.edu/programs/writing
Kat Montagu on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1086155/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-montagu/
The Dreaded Curse: Screenplay Formatting for Film & Television by Kat Montagu: https://www.amazon.ca/Dreaded-Curse-Screenplay-Formatting-Television/dp/1988915333
https://crazy8s.film/
Eat, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation by Lynne Truss: https://www.amazon.ca/Eats-Shoots-Leaves-Tollerance-Punctuation/dp/1592400876/

SOCIAL MEDIA
https://www.instagram.com/kmontagu/
https://twitter.com/kmontagu
https://twitter.com/vfs
https://www.instagram.com/vancouverfilmschool/
https://www.facebook.com/vancouverfilmschool
http://www.facebook.com/yvrscreenscene 
http://www.instagram.com/yvrscreenscene
http://www.twitter.com/sabrinarmf

CREDITS
Host and executive producer: Sabrina Rani Furminger
Editor: Simon Furminger
Producer: Paul Furminger
Patreon ad reader: Mariana Furminger
Original music: Dane Deviller