screenwriting

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noun

The art of writing screenplays.

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Meanings

nounscreenwriting (usually uncountable, plural screenwritings)

plural screenwritings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe art of writing screenplays.
  2. countableusuallyA screenplay.

    Devine's script, while able, had betrayed an amateur's disregard for montage — a trait it shared with the screenwritings of John Elder; […]

    2009, Denis Meikle, A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer, page 142

Origin

From screen + writing.

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APA

screenwriting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenwriting

MLA

“screenwriting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenwriting. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screenwriting,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screenwriting.

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