essayists

plural of essayist

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Noun
  • We storytellers would all do well to approach our material with a high degree of respect for the pain of being alive.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 7 Nov. 2025
  • The common ingredients are incredible storytellers who are excited about trying to make a series that feels authentic and realistic, and maybe feels familiar, but in a way that also feels elevated and sophisticated.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • If a computer can knock off a script in a matter of minutes, what does the future look like for playwrights?
    David Lyman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2025
  • During her five-decade tenure at MTC, Meadow has guided acclaimed shows by such playwrights as Christopher Durang, John Guare, Beth Henley, Terrence McNally, Eureka Day‘s Jonathan Spector and many others.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Many people do not know when LLMs are lying to them, which is unsurprising given that the chatbots are very convincing fabulists, serving up slop with unflappable confidence to their unsuspecting audience.
    Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
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