screenwrite
English
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[edit]screenwrite (third-person singular simple present screenwrites, present participle screenwriting, simple past screenwrote, past participle screenwritten)
- To write (a script) for film or television.
- 1993, John Leonard, New York Magazine[1], page 64:
- That was two years ago, and Patricia MacLachlan, the author of the children's book from which the TV Sarah derived, has been prevailed upon to screenwrite a sequel.
- 2008, Greg Olson, David Lynch: Beautiful Dark[2], page 228:
- The stage is set for Jeffrey to convince Sandy to help him, and his words recall Dune's Duke Leto's words to his son, Paul, which Lynch had screenwritten from Frank Herbert's novel.
- 2014, Nigel Andrews, The Two Faces of January – film review, FT.com:
- Amini screenwrote Jude and The Wings of the Dove and now directs his first feature.