cowrite
verb
variants
or co-write
cowrote or co-wrote; cowritten or co-written; cowriting or co-writing
: to write (something) in collaboration with one or more other people
… the former president has just cowritten a new book about his foreign policy …—
Michael R. Beschloss
Michael R. Beschloss[Mindy] Kaling also just received a comedy pilot order from NBC for an as-of-yet untitled show that she is set to star in and co-write with Charlie Grandy.—Madeline Berg
Madeline Berg
cowriter
noun
or co-writer
plural cowriters or co-writers
… the entire cast is so in sync that much of the film's dialogue grew out of their improvisations (three of the stars get credit as cowriters).
—Caren Weiner
Caren Weiner
Examples of cowrite in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
In addition to starring in the film, Porter will cowrite a script with screenwriter Dan McCabe based on the 1994 biography James Baldwin: A Biography, written by author David Leeming.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
In a 2019 interview, AL.com asked White what was like cowriting with Swift back then.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2023
Seth Meyers and Evan Goldberg mined their own teenage friendship to cowrite and produce what might be one of the most authentic coming-of-age movies to come out of the genre.
—WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
Wood says Warner asked her to cowrite the screenplay.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2022
Frank Herbert, who wrote the original book and many subsequent novels, died in 1986, but his son, Brian Herbert, went on to cowrite several more novels set in the world Frank built.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 7 Oct. 2021
For her first Atlantic album, Franklin would cowrite four of the 11 tracks.
—Keith Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Cooper will cowrite the script, co-executive-produce, and direct the new show, working in tandem with Smith's production company Westbrook Studios.
—Jenny Singer, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2020
To help him cowrite The Last of Us Part II, in 2016 Druckmann brought in a television and film screenwriter named Halley Gross.
—Darryn King, Wired, 10 June 2020
Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 12 Apr. 2023
In a 2019 interview, AL.com asked White what was like cowriting with Swift back then.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 17 Mar. 2023
Seth Meyers and Evan Goldberg mined their own teenage friendship to cowrite and produce what might be one of the most authentic coming-of-age movies to come out of the genre.
—WIRED, 15 Feb. 2023
Wood says Warner asked her to cowrite the screenplay.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2022
Frank Herbert, who wrote the original book and many subsequent novels, died in 1986, but his son, Brian Herbert, went on to cowrite several more novels set in the world Frank built.
—Angela Watercutter, Wired, 7 Oct. 2021
For her first Atlantic album, Franklin would cowrite four of the 11 tracks.
—Keith Murphy, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Cooper will cowrite the script, co-executive-produce, and direct the new show, working in tandem with Smith's production company Westbrook Studios.
—Jenny Singer, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2020
To help him cowrite The Last of Us Part II, in 2016 Druckmann brought in a television and film screenwriter named Halley Gross.
—Darryn King, Wired, 10 June 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
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