typescript
noun
type·script
ˈtīp-ˌskript 
: a typewritten manuscript
A rare carbon typescript of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's Le Petit Prince featuring extensive handwritten corrections by the author is going up for sale.—
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especially
: one intended for use as printer's copy
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The 167-page typescript has three pages written in pencil, with annotations and revisions by Wilson along with early AA member Hank Parkhurst, some in green and red pencil, some in ink.
—Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026
The final aim of a screenwriter is not just a complete typescript but may also include a one-minute pitch, a ten-minute pitch, storyboards, reels, and a synopsis of the arc of the story (opening, inciting incident, first act break, midpoint reversal, second act break, and climax).
—Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
His typescripts and teacups were sacralized, like the Shroud of Turin.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
This edition belatedly restores Plath's original selection and arrangement of her searing poems and includes facsimiles of manuscript pages and her typescript with penned corrections.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 16 Jan. 2023
These typescript pages recount the life of his great-great-great-great-grandmother, the matriarch on his father’s side of the family.
—New York Times, 17 June 2022
Wright’s publisher, Harper & Brothers, rejected the typescript.
—Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
The result is a sumptuous scrapbook of photographs, magazine covers, artwork and hundreds of articles, letters and typescripts, everything beautifully held together by the Ritters’ concise but enthralling text.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020
Two Versions—contains the 1973 published version as well as the original 1972 draft Lowell had sent to friends, reproduced from a typescript made by Bidart (who had gone to England to assist Lowell in editing and sequencing the poems).
—Helen Vendler, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
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Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 17 June 2026
The final aim of a screenwriter is not just a complete typescript but may also include a one-minute pitch, a ten-minute pitch, storyboards, reels, and a synopsis of the arc of the story (opening, inciting incident, first act break, midpoint reversal, second act break, and climax).
—Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
His typescripts and teacups were sacralized, like the Shroud of Turin.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
This edition belatedly restores Plath's original selection and arrangement of her searing poems and includes facsimiles of manuscript pages and her typescript with penned corrections.
—The Week Staff, The Week, 16 Jan. 2023
These typescript pages recount the life of his great-great-great-great-grandmother, the matriarch on his father’s side of the family.
—New York Times, 17 June 2022
Wright’s publisher, Harper & Brothers, rejected the typescript.
—Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
The result is a sumptuous scrapbook of photographs, magazine covers, artwork and hundreds of articles, letters and typescripts, everything beautifully held together by the Ritters’ concise but enthralling text.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020
Two Versions—contains the 1973 published version as well as the original 1972 draft Lowell had sent to friends, reproduced from a typescript made by Bidart (who had gone to England to assist Lowell in editing and sequencing the poems).
—Helen Vendler, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
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“Typescript.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/typescript. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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