screenplays

noun

plural of screenplay
as in scripts
the written form of a story prepared for film production each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study

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Recent Examples of screenplays In terms of original screenplays, that’s where the life is. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 June 2026 Shaw was also renowned as a writer of multiple novels, plays, and screenplays. — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 June 2026 Koepp has written original and adapted screenplays across a wide array of genres. — Darryn King, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026 Max has also written several other novels, comic books and screenplays. — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 In the writing categories, the rules now formally codify that screenplays must be human-authored to qualify. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 1 May 2026 The screenplays were written by José Rivera, Natalia Santa, Camila Brugés and María Camila Arias. — Veronica Villafañe, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Participating execs have nominated dozens of unproduced screenplays, which have been distributed anonymously to participating voters, who are now evaluating and ranking the material to determine the final list. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 June 2026 Another literary giant who wrote screenplays was Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez, author of One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967). — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 May 2026
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scripts
Noun
  • Fortune put out a call for scripts to the BBC Writersroom department during a COVID lockdown.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • Hopefully the show’s creators and writers will spend at least a little more time in the gap to tighten up the scripts.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
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