scriptwriter

noun

Definition of scriptwriternext
as in screenwriter

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Recent Examples of scriptwriter Turn ChatGPT into a strategist, an analyst, a hook researcher, a structural editor, and a scriptwriter trained on your voice. — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026 On this occasion, there were no jostling journalists, no opportunistic influencers and no sign of the Hollywood scriptwriter looking to buy the rights to a story that has resonated around the world. — Esme Nicholson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2025 Head scriptwriter Erik Ahrnbom (Thin Blue Line, Keep It Together) joins for season 2 alongside writers Maria Nygren (Meaning of Life, Love & Anarchy) and Martin Larsson (Keep It Together). — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 2025 Both play it perfectly straight, which only adds to the enjoyment of a near-perfect people pleaser, and scriptwriter Ben Hopkins is clearly having a field day. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for scriptwriter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptwriter
  1. screenwriter
  2. writer
  3. playwright
  4. dramatist
  5. scenarist
  6. pen
Noun
  • MobLand showrunner and The Agency co-creator Jez Butterworth created the project alongside his brother, The Agency co-creator and Edge of Tomorrow screenwriter John-Henry Butterworth, as well as The 100 producer Georgia Lee.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
  • Yeung is known as a screenwriter with credits including Hong Kong Family, which was selected at the 27th Busan International Film Festival, and award-winning short films Liu Yang He and Wild Child.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 22 July 2026
Definition of screenwriter
Noun
  • In addition, the finance writer said, homebuyers need to consider where a home is located.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
  • Nick Kosmider, The Athletic staff writer, Denver Broncos Your browser does not support the video tag.
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of writer
Noun
  • Novelist, essayist, playwright and activist James Baldwin was born in New York City.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 21 July 2026
  • Until, that is, the play’s rather retrograde climax, when the playwright’s provocateur wildness goes limp.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of playwright
Noun
  • The theater was built by songwriter, dramatist and playwright Arthur Hammerstein to honor his father, Oscar Hammerstein I, and opened as Hammerstein’s Theater in 1927.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
  • In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.
    — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of dramatist
Noun
  • Liberal scenarists will be left wondering what if, though, as Congresswoman Katie Porter will end up notching more than 400,000 votes — enough, potentially, to have given Steyer the win had the fellow liberal Democrat dropped out.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
  • The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
Definition of scenarist
Noun
  • Essentially the marker version of eyeliner, liquid liner in felt-tip pen form offers a firm applicator that helps create clean lines.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2026
  • Davidson is accused of attempting to steal 10 THC vape pens from Liles and threatening the use of a firearm, according to court records.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 23 July 2026
Definition of pen

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