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.
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Each of the book’s five disciplines – fiction, personal essay and memoir, magazine writing, poetry and playwriting – is given 60 or more pages of attention that includes exercises, examples and resources for further information.
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Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2025
Holder holds a playwriting MFA from NYU Tisch and is a first-generation Guyanese American.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Also to understand just how difficult playwriting is, for anybody.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 30 May 2025
Real-life events prompted him to direct that wit into a more multidimensional medium: playwriting.
—Etelka Lehoczky, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
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Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 20 Dec. 2025
Holder holds a playwriting MFA from NYU Tisch and is a first-generation Guyanese American.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Also to understand just how difficult playwriting is, for anybody.
—Adam Moss, Vulture, 30 May 2025
Real-life events prompted him to direct that wit into a more multidimensional medium: playwriting.
—Etelka Lehoczky, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for playwriting
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“Playwriting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playwriting. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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