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Recent Examples of screenwriter
And while there’s stuff to celebrate here, like the return of original final girl Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell), original screenwriter Kevin Williamson behind the camera, and some small town chills, much of this first look feels a bit been-there, done-that.
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Whether a screenwriter wants to give a romance a tragic twist, or provide more motivation for a straight protagonist, one of the oldest tricks in the book is to make an LGBTQ+ character… disappear!
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Bigelow and her screenwriter Noah Oppenheim stand by their (literal) guns.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
White has been active as a screenwriter and actor since the late 1990s.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2025
Whether a screenwriter wants to give a romance a tragic twist, or provide more motivation for a straight protagonist, one of the oldest tricks in the book is to make an LGBTQ+ character… disappear!
—Catherine Mhloyi, Them., 29 Oct. 2025
Bigelow and her screenwriter Noah Oppenheim stand by their (literal) guns.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
White has been active as a screenwriter and actor since the late 1990s.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screenwriter
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To reflect the current moment — when discrimination against not only the LGBTQ community but also the non-binary and transgender communities — is on the rise, playwright Lee rewrote parts of his 2022 play earlier this year in San Francisco.—
David L. Coddon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2025
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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
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Pamir Güroğlu, chief growth officer & partner at Vitpepper Studios, and Erim Şişman, film director, scriptwriter, and director of AI Studio at Vitpepper, took to the MIP Creative Hub to premiere the trailer to the international market.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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Many people with ideas for films or music or stories may never have the resources to create them—the lyricist who wants to put music to words, the scriptwriter who craves to see their lines spoken on a screen.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
7 Sep. 2025
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Jon Walker is a business writer with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.—
Jon Walker,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Famously, the British press conspired to draw the dramatist’s name through the mud, besmirching his literary legacy for generations to follow.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2025
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The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2022
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Georgia Fowkes, a travel adviser for tour operator Altezza Travel, told Travel + Leisure bringing a pen can help avoid long lines at immigration and allows passengers to jot down notes like addresses and directions if your phone dies.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
7 Nov. 2025
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The multidose pen of Zepbound will be available for $299 per month at the lowest dose, with additional doses being priced up to $449 per month.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screenwriter. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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