screenwriting

English

Etymology

From screen +‎ writing.

Noun

screenwriting (usually uncountable, plural screenwritings)

1. (uncountable) The art of writing screenplays.
2. (countable) A screenplay.
   • 2009, Denis Meikle, A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer, page 142:

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

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