novelists

noun

plural of novelist
as in storytellers

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  1. storytellers
  2. fabulists
  3. playwrights
  4. screenwriters
Noun
  • Bragg often gets asked why so many Southerners are good storytellers.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Our mission is to build on these studios’ legacies as homes for the greatest filmmakers and storytellers.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of storytellers
Noun
  • Human fabulists aren’t the only ones who sometimes lure tourists to less-than-authentic sites.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Academia—like business, electoral politics, and the tech sector—has loads of fabulists and tons of bunk.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of fabulists
Noun
  • Nina Raine and Moses Raine, previously best known as playwrights, penned the scripts, making their debut as a TV writing duo.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Jocelyn Bioh is entering the upper echelon of contemporary playwrights, after her current Broadway play, School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play, opened on September 28 to raves.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of playwrights
Noun
  • The second edition of Pitch Talent, organized with the screenwriting labs IsLABentura Canarias, CIMA Impulsa and DAMA Ayuda, will showcase emerging screenwriters and creatives selected by each lab, joined by Mallorcan screenwriter-director Ferrán Bex.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 May 2026
Definition of screenwriters
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