Definition of playwriting
: the writing of plays
variants:
or less commonly
playwrighting
Updated on: 14 Apr 2018
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Examples of playwriting in a Sentence
He gave classes in playwriting and poetry.
Recent Examples of playwriting from the Web
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The Windham Theatre Guild is launching a playwriting group.
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Writer David Mamet was born, grew up and had his first playwriting experience in Chicago.
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The Windham Theatre Guild is launching a playwriting group.
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There's a compositional fluidity to the playwriting.
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The Windham Theatre Guild is launching a playwriting group.
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Ritual is central to Wilson’s playwriting: His dramas record the routines and manners of a culture typically shown in secondary relationship to white society.
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Julie Phillipps, of West Hartford, has a playwriting background.
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During summer playwriting programs and in rehearsals, Rasson and Armstrong hope more high school students can get involved.
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First Known Use of playwriting
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Definition of playwriting for English Language Learners
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: the activity of writing plays
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