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scriptwriting

scriptwriting noun: the writing of scripts, usually for film or television.

Noun

scriptwriting (uncountable)

  1. The writing of scripts, usually for film or television.
    • Written by Mr. Sippy's favorite scriptwriting team, Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar, Sholay was loosely styled on The Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, and has been called India's first curry western.2007 December 27, Haresh Pandya, “G. P. Sippy, Indian Filmmaker Whose Sholay Was a Bollywood Hit, Dies at 93”, in New York Times
    • Weeks of editing were combined with scriptwriting and studious fact-checking.2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 51

Origin of scriptwriting

From script + writing.

Questions about scriptwriting

What does scriptwriting mean?
Scriptwriting means the writing of scripts, usually for film or television.
What part of speech is scriptwriting?
Scriptwriting is a noun.

Words near scriptwriting in the dictionary

  1. Scripturist
  2. Scripturists
  3. scriptwise
  4. scriptwriter
  5. scriptwriters
  6. scriptwriting
  7. scripty
  8. scritch
  9. scritched
  10. scritches
  11. scritching

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