screenwriter
Film dialogue creator
A screenwriter is a person who writes scripts for films or television programs.
The work involves dialogue, scene descriptions, and story structure, typically formatted according to industry conventions.
Screenwriters may create original stories or adapt existing material: She worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood for twenty years.
Written words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- actDeed or performance
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
structure · format · draft · rewrite · spec · logline · synopsis · treatment
Storyline or land parcel
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- protagonistStory's central figure
- antagonistOne who opposes another
climax · denouement · subplot · motif · setting · narrator · three-act · inciting incident
American film industry center
- BollywoodIndian film industry
- NollywoodNigerian film industry
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
- directorOne who leads
producer · studio · cinematographer · premiere · genre · filmography · shooting · take
Uninterrupted solo address
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- quipBrief, clever remark
retort · voiceover · subtext · vernacular · diction · cadence · patter · repartee
Uncredited hired author
- showrunnerTV series creative head
- creatorOne who produces something
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
- script doctorScreenplay revision specialist
freelance · development deal · pitch meeting · agent · manager · residuals · guild
script
Written words for performance
sequence · structure · format · draft · rewrite · spec · logline · synopsis · treatment · adaptation
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- protagonistStory's central figure
antagonist · climax · denouement · subplot · motif · setting · narrator · three-act · inciting incident · resolution
Hollywood
American film industry center
- BollywoodIndian film industry
- NollywoodNigerian film industry
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
director · producer · studio · cinematographer · premiere · genre · filmography · shooting · take · cut
monologue
Uninterrupted solo address
- linesStrokes connecting two points
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
quip · retort · voiceover · subtext · vernacular · diction · cadence · patter · repartee · one-liner
ghostwriter
Uncredited hired author
- showrunnerTV series creative head
- creatorOne who produces something
- collaboratorOne who works jointly
script doctor · freelance · development deal · pitch meeting · agent · manager · residuals · guild
- writersauthor, novelist, poet, journalist, essayist
- media writersfilm critic, TV critic, music critic, gossip columnist, entertainment reporter
- Film and TVactor, actress, camera, cast, crew
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- writingdrafting, authors, author, books, authoring
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, inventor
screenwriterdirector
One who leads
actor · performer · cinematographer · editor · producer
screenwriternovelist
Writer of prose narratives
author · prose writer · playwright · essayist · poet