scriptwriterscript‧writ‧er /ˈskrɪptˌraɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 
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Thesaurus- And without a scriptwriter, too.
- Fellini lacked any formal training in cinematography and developed his personal style only after a long apprenticeship as a scriptwriter.
- He is one of the few Hollywood scriptwriters whose scripts would actually be enjoyable to read.
- Kilts are suggestive things for such scriptwriters to introduce at such a point.
- Patrick, who completed his first short feature as he turned thirty, is a scriptwriter.
- So much for a romantic myth that has given Hollywood scriptwriters a nice living.
- The award-winning scriptwriter has been talking of reviving the hit sitcom for years but he has been busy on other projects.
- William Holden plays a hack scriptwriter down on his luck, and his purple prose gives the film its biting tone.
THESAURUS► writer
someone who writes the stories and words for films or television programmes SYN screenwriter → playwright someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job: · Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation.· a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine· I always wanted to be a writer.
► author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book: · Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie.· The author will be signing copies of his book.· He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
► novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events: · Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists.· the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
► poet someone who writes poems: · a class studying the works of modern American poets
► playwright someone who writes plays: · Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
► dramatist someone who writes plays – used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past: · the great French dramatist, Moliere
► scriptwriter (also screenwriter) someone who writes plays for films or television: · Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
► blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website: · a travel blogger· a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English
WORD SETS► Filmanimation, nounanimator, nounart director, nounart house, nounarts cinema, nounbiopic, nounblue movie, nounB-movie, nouncameo, nouncameraman, nouncartoon, nouncine-, adjectivecine-camera, nouncine-film, nouncinema, nouncinematic, adjectivecinematography, nounclip, nouncontinuity, nouncut, nouncutting room, noundirection, noundouble, noundouble bill, noundouble feature, nounepilogue, nounextra, nounfantasy, nounfarce, nounfeature, nounfeature film, nounfilm star, nounfilmstrip, nounflashback, nounflick, nounfootage, nounfreeze-frame, noungaffer, nounHollywood, home movie, nounhorror movie, nounimage, nounimagery, nounlip-synch, verblocation, nounlot, nounmatinée, nounmiscast, verbmotion picture, nounmovie, nounmoviegoer, nounmovie star, nounmovie theater, nounmoving picture, nounmultiplex, nounmusical, nounnarrator, nounnewsreel, nounoff-screen, adverbopening night, nounOscar, nounout-take, nounPG, nounpremiere, nounproject, verbprojection, nounprojectionist, nounprojector, nounprop, nounrating, nounreel, nounrelease, verbremake, nounremake, verbre-release, verbrerun, nounretake, nounrole, nounscreen, nounscreen, verbscreening, nounscreenplay, nounscreen test, nounscreenwriter, nounscriptwriter, nounset, nounshort, nounshot, nounshow, verbsilent, adjectiveslow motion, nounsoundtrack, nounspaghetti western, nounsplicer, nounsplit screen, nounstand-in, nounstill, nounstudio, nounstunt man, nounstunt woman, nountalkie, nountearjerker, nounTechnicolor, nountheatre, nountheme, noun3-D, adjectivetop-grossing, adjectivetrailer, nountravelogue, nounturkey, nounwestern, nounwhodunit, nounX, nounX-certificate, adjectiveX-rated, adjective