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• The dialogue in your screenplay is flat — you need to make it more exciting.From the entry flat
• You have to pump up the relatability of the characters in your screenplay.From the entry pump up
• It's hard to find novel screenplays. All the usual stories have been done to death.From the entry do to death
• The screenplay was good, but the direction was weak.From the entry direction
• Roos’s screenplay has already been therapeuticized, with every angle, emotion, feeling spelled out.2009 September 17, Manohla Dargis, “Watching a Nation Fall Apart, Entertainingly”, in New York Times. From the entry therapeuticize
• Ditto for screenplays written by professional writers compared to screenplays written by amateurs.2004 June 1, nmstevens, “Newbie question... Marketing your script?”, in misc.writing.screenplays (Usenet), archived from the original on…. From the entry amateurland
• The day after I'd finished the screenplay, I felt fluish and heavy in the legs.1988, D. M. Thomas, Memories and Hallucinations, page 183. From the entry fluish
• Does not want to receive poetry, short stories or screenplays.2007, Chuck Sambuchino, editor, 2008 Guide to Literary Agents, Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer’s Digest Books, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry romantica
• The screenplay . . . even suggests that this contributed to the false note on which The African Queen actually ends.1990 September 14, Janet Maslin, “Movie Review: White Hunter Black Heart (1990)”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Apr 2015. From the entry false note
• Sandra Bernhard has landed a movie deal with Alive Pictures for a screenplay she co-wrote, titled "It Came From Poland."1986 October 11, Steve Gett, “On The Beat”, in Billboard, page 26. From the entry movie deal
• Author Rita Mae Brown consistently strings together short comical movie clips which may be fine for screenplays but fatal in novels.1980 December 6, Cindy Rizzo, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author--All of the above and more”, in Gay Community News, volume…. From the entry fatal
• My screenplays address a variety of upbeat as well as spinous issues, including family dysfunction, physical abuse, and the unknown gauntlet of the wild.2011, Yancey Banks, “Profile”, in Stage 32. From the entry spinous
• And, they pointed out in lawyerspeak, “the subplot in plaintiffs’ screenplay about Gordo and his defecation obsession has no analogue in defendants’ motion picture.”2007 February 22, William Glaberson, “Dodgeballs and Jokes May Seem Too Close for Comfort”, in New York Times. From the entry lawyerspeak
• The Sanctuary of the Maibaum screenplay was located in Pittsburgh, where gas-masked children play hopscotch and runners survive under barely liveable conditions.1976 fall, “Production: Interviews with George Pal, Saul David, Michael Anderson, Dale Henessy and L. B. Abbott”, in Cinefantastique…. From the entry gas-masked
• Difference and ambiguity permeate the film and the motif of the ‘doublesome’ pods is replicated on a number of levels : production, consumption, generic structures and screenplay.2006, Stephen Butler, A million little differences. From the entry doublesome
• Despite the seeming interest of the screenplay, Romero underdirects the entire effort, sending his actors through their paces without bothering to make them believe in the film.1971 fall, John R. Davoli, quotee, “Short Notices”, in Cinefantastique, volume 1, number 4, Frederick S. Clarke, →ISSN, page 40, column 4. From the entry underdirect
• Affleck's sure-handed direction of Chris Terrio's screenplay manages to shift seamlessly from incredible tension in Iran and internecine politics in Washington, D.C., to the absurdity of the scheme in Hollywood.2013, Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's 2014 Movie Guide, →ISBN. From the entry sure-handed

Meaning of screenplay

1. noun A script for a movie or (less commonly) a television show.
2. verb To write a screenplay for.

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Questions about screenplay in a sentence

How do you use screenplay in a sentence?

Screenplay is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The dialogue in your screenplay is flat — you need to make it more exciting.”

What is a short sentence with screenplay?

“The screenplay was good, but the direction was weak.”

What does screenplay mean?

Screenplay means a script for a movie or (less commonly) a television show.