Examples of scriptwriter in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Sinclair Lewis was not known for being a playwright, however, so Flanagan paired him with Hollywood scriptwriter John C. Moffitt.
—
Adam Hochschild, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
That’s because there have been fundamental changes in recent years, in production and distribution that now necessarily have to be addressed in the collaboration between production, actors and scriptwriters.
—Roberto Brunelli, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
She’s been a journalist, a scriptwriter, a documentarian, and—most famously—an award-winning novelist with a penchant for darkly speculative tales of strange science and distorted cities.
—Neil McRobert, ELLE, 12 Aug. 2023
Only a movie scriptwriter could come up with a scenario of a football coach needing a new heart to save his life who works at a high school named Hart.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
Bring on cameras, microphones, scriptwriters, showrunners and producers.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Her story must be real, because no scriptwriters in their right minds could come up with what’s happened so far on Season 5 of this show:
• Weeks, 44, has been married twice before — once for two months and once for 12 hours.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2023
The show is no stranger to criticism, with accusations that the original characters are unrecognizable, the new ones too one-dimensional, and the plot lines like a checklist of issues that the scriptwriters felt beholden to ticking off, rather than exploring with any great emotional depth.
—Claire Cohen, Vogue, 4 July 2023
The musical tapped into the Jewish roots of each of the major contributors of the show, including scriptwriter Joseph Stein and director-choreographer Jerome Robbins.
—Nelson Pressley, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
See More
Adam Hochschild, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
That’s because there have been fundamental changes in recent years, in production and distribution that now necessarily have to be addressed in the collaboration between production, actors and scriptwriters.
—Roberto Brunelli, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2023
She’s been a journalist, a scriptwriter, a documentarian, and—most famously—an award-winning novelist with a penchant for darkly speculative tales of strange science and distorted cities.
—Neil McRobert, ELLE, 12 Aug. 2023
Only a movie scriptwriter could come up with a scenario of a football coach needing a new heart to save his life who works at a high school named Hart.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
Bring on cameras, microphones, scriptwriters, showrunners and producers.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
Her story must be real, because no scriptwriters in their right minds could come up with what’s happened so far on Season 5 of this show:
• Weeks, 44, has been married twice before — once for two months and once for 12 hours.
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2023
The show is no stranger to criticism, with accusations that the original characters are unrecognizable, the new ones too one-dimensional, and the plot lines like a checklist of issues that the scriptwriters felt beholden to ticking off, rather than exploring with any great emotional depth.
—Claire Cohen, Vogue, 4 July 2023
The musical tapped into the Jewish roots of each of the major contributors of the show, including scriptwriter Joseph Stein and director-choreographer Jerome Robbins.
—Nelson Pressley, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
See More
These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'scriptwriter.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Word History
First Known Use
1911, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near scriptwriter
Cite this Entry
“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scriptwriter. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
Copy Citation
Kids Definition
scriptwriter
noun
script·writ·er
ˈskrip-ˌtrīt-ər 
: a person who writes scripts (as screenplays for television or movies)
More from Merriam-Webster on scriptwriter
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share