scriptwriters

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plural of scriptwriter
as in screenwriters

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  1. screenwriters
  2. writers
  3. playwrights
  4. authors
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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  • If aspiring writers are always a little ridiculous, immigrant aspiring writers are full-fledged comedy acts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • The Herald’s Red Sox writers, Mac Cerullo and Gabrielle Starr, discuss.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of writers
Noun
  • Since the first Interview episodes, Jones and Hannah Moscovitch, both playwrights, have imbued the series with a kind of meta-argument for the power of art in times of tremendous turmoil.
    — Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
  • Off-off-Broadway houses, often non-union with minimal budgets, are where many new playwrights get their start because the financial commitment is lowest.
    — Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of playwrights
Noun
  • To the authors, a new constitutional government that controlled both the impulses of the masses and the abuses of their leaders would serve as the means through which the new United States government could accomplish this task.
    — Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
  • The package was full of new-age comics by Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar and Ed Brubaker, all powerhouse authors of the 2000s.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 July 2026
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