scriptwriter

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Recent Examples of scriptwriter As part of her research, the seasoned scriptwriter attended ski camps and interviewed a dozen top skiers and coaches. Annika Pham, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025 The industry should take care of them and treat them as talent, like directors and scriptwriters. Annika Pham, Variety, 28 Jan. 2025 That means dads and uncles, teachers and political leaders, Hollywood scriptwriters and podcast hosts—all could stand to get in on the game. Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025 Karen is a talented scriptwriter who will bring the story to life on screen. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for scriptwriter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptwriter
Noun
  • But Wright and screenwriter Deborah Moggach rediscovered a youthful vitality that had always been present in the original book, bringing it out in unexpected fashion.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • But director Mary Harron’s take on Bateman, co-written with screenwriter Guinevere Turner, has been considered feminist by some, including Kooijman, in its critiques.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Jackson Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Jen McCaffrey is a staff writer for The Athletic covering the Boston Red Sox.
    Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Toward the end of our lunch, Henry mentions how one of his favorite playwrights is Tony Kushner.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Some playwrights are as musical with their words as jazz musicians.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Don’t underestimate what an intrepid dramatist can do with Shakespeare’s inexhaustible masterpiece.
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
  • White is simply too gifted a dramatist, and too acute an observer of human foibles, for these concerns to feel forced.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • 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
Noun
  • To make: Use paint pens to draw ovals on the eggs as shown, and color them in.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Amazon doesn't specify the level of pressure or tilt sensitivity on the Premium pen, but the stylus feels responsive in use.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025

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