screenwriters

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plural of screenwriter
as in writers

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Recent Examples of screenwriters 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
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  1. writers
  2. playwrights
  3. authors
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  • In more recent years, the go-to option for an aspiring writer has been starting a newsletter of her own, often on Substack, a digital platform that launched in 2017 to allow writers to charge money for their writing.
    — Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Fashionable gatherings were peppered with the prose of neoclassical writers and Romantic poets.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of writers
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  • 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
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  • Now that those demographics are changing and there are more non-white authors getting book deals and winning awards, there’s an emerging resentment, especially on social media.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The new figure is a sharper downgrade than the authors’ earlier Hoover analysis.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
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