playwriting

noun

play·​writ·​ing ˈplā-ˌrī-tiŋ 

variants or less commonly playwrighting

: the writing of plays

Examples of playwriting in a Sentence

He gave classes in playwriting and poetry.

Recent Examples on the Web

Also to understand just how difficult playwriting is, for anybody. —Adam Moss, Vulture, 30 May 2025

Mindell is a third-year student in Columbia’s playwriting MFA, and On the Evolutionary Function of Shame is receiving a full production as part of Second Stage’s Next Stage Festival, which is dedicated to supporting early-career writers. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025

Real-life events prompted him to direct that wit into a more multidimensional medium: playwriting. —Etelka Lehoczky, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025

And Cienfuegos promises to build on what is already an extraordinary legacy, making Rogue Machine the inclusive, intimate center of hard-hitting playwriting that L.A. deserves. —Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for playwriting

• alighting
• backbiting
• bullfighting
• daylighting
• delighting
• exciting
• firefighting
• handwriting
• highlighting
• igniting
• inciting
• indicting