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Recent Examples of scriptwriter
Wei, who had a career in the U.S. as host, scriptwriter and producer, is being hailed as a major new literary talent, so there will be plenty of interest at Olympia next week.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
This might involve hiring a videographer for professional footage, an editor for post-production, researchers and a scriptwriter to create concepts and tighten messaging.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Moonlighting frequently broke the fourth wall, with many of the episodes featuring the actors facing the cameras and making direct references to the audience, the scriptwriters, the network and the series itself.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Along with touch-ups, The Royal Tenenbaums star also disliked notes from studios and scriptwriters, usually rejecting them altogether in favor of his own acting instincts, Sonnenfeld said.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025
This might involve hiring a videographer for professional footage, an editor for post-production, researchers and a scriptwriter to create concepts and tighten messaging.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Moonlighting frequently broke the fourth wall, with many of the episodes featuring the actors facing the cameras and making direct references to the audience, the scriptwriters, the network and the series itself.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Along with touch-ups, The Royal Tenenbaums star also disliked notes from studios and scriptwriters, usually rejecting them altogether in favor of his own acting instincts, Sonnenfeld said.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptwriter
Noun
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Gifted screenwriter and director Ryan Coogler has been married to his wife Zinzi Evans since 2016, and the two have been a favorite of everyone’s for some time.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
23 May 2025
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The residency is designed for directors and screenwriters working on at least their third feature film.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 May 2025
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Connecting with fellow writers at the Northern California Writers’ Retreat provided both emotional support and practical knowledge.—
Jaclyn Westlake,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Wright is a playwright, screenwriter and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower, among other notable works.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Later on, the English playwright Noël Coward and his partner John C. Wilson, a Broadway producer, owned the stately spread, and over the years, several stars of screen and stage used Pebbles as a summer getaway, including Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and Richard Rodgers.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
28 May 2025
Noun
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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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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
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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
Noun
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Inside was changa, DMT powder and vape pens, ketamine, LSD, MDMA, and mushrooms.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Towering cranes stand 500 feet above the ground, swinging 30-ton cargo crates into the air and endlessly moving them from giant ships to holding pens and then turning around and sending off the next set of shipments.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2025
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“Scriptwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scriptwriter. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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