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playwriting

playwriting

5 3.9
The activity of writing plays for the stage
  • noun
  • /ˈpleɪˌraɪtɪŋ/
translation icon : escritura de obras
  • Still, Galdos had tried his hand at playwriting, and the results turned out to be as exciting as they were controversial.
  • playwriting residency

I thought, well, I'll major in that and take the playwriting courses and all of that.

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Examples

  • In high school, Lockhart started writing, and in college fell into playwriting, which he took very seriously.

    Academic text (2008)
  • I studied playwriting with every teacher.

  • A student interested in playwriting came to see me about his course of study.

    Academic text (1996)
  • " It was a class in playwriting," he said.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • I thought, well, I'll major in that and take the playwriting courses and all of that.

  • In the interest of full disclosure, I created and run an MFA program in playwriting.

    Blog text (12)
  • Each year, YPI sponsors a nationwide playwriting competition and receives over eight hundred scripts from young writers, eighteen years old and under.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Linney's many awards include a 1992 Obie Award for sustained excellence in playwriting.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • We must reorder our priorities and set the development of self-esteem as our primary objective for bringing playwriting to K-12 classrooms.

    Academic text (1993)
  • A student interested in playwriting came to see me about his course of study.

Synonyms

dramaturgy
vsplaywriting
  • Specialized
1 9.6

The art of writing and making plays for the stage

concentrates on writing scripts for theatre rather than on theory
playmaking
vsplaywriting
  • Literature
1 4.8

The activity of writing and making plays for the theatre

focuses only on writing stage works not on producing or development
scriptwriting
vsplaywriting
1 3.7

To write the words and actions actors follow in films, plays or TV shows

is limited to writing for theatre specifically not for other media
scripting
vsplaywriting
4.1

Writing scripts for film, television, radio or theatre

refers only to writing theatre scripts rather than wider media work

How Developed

playmaking
  • Literature
1 4.8
playwriting
5 3.9
drafting
3.3
ideation
  • Jargon
6 7.9

Surface Forms

playwriting singular
playwritings plural

Morphology

playwriting = play + writing (transparent) = play + writing

The meaning 'the activity of writing plays' is directly composed from 'play' + 'writing', a clear compound understood by learners.

Etymology

Playwriting combines play ('a performance or drama') and writing ('putting words on paper'), so it is the work of creating plays for the stage.