scriptwriter
Pens the screenplay
A scriptwriter writes scripts—the text of plays, films, television programs, or other performed works.
The term emphasizes the craft of writing dialogue and stage directions rather than the broader creative role implied by playwright or screenwriter: She worked as a scriptwriter for soap operas before moving to film.
Storyline or land parcel
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- arcCurved line segment
- conflictOpposition between parties
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
resolution · protagonist · antagonist · theme · backstory · motivation · tension · foreshadowing
Preliminary version of text
- revisionAltering to improve
- outlineSummary of key elements
- treatmentCare for an ailment
- loglineOne-sentence story pitch
formatting · slugline · scene · beat · sequence · montage · voiceover · fade-in
TV series creative head
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- dramatistWriter of stage works
- librettistOpera's text writer
- teleplayDrama written for broadcast
freelance · credits · byline · adaptation · original
American film industry center
- BollywoodIndian film industry
- NollywoodNigerian film industry
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- producerOne who makes things
director · agent · showrunner · pitch · spec · option · greenlight · development
plot
Storyline or land parcel
climax · resolution · protagonist · antagonist · theme · backstory · motivation · tension · foreshadowing · twist
draft
Preliminary version of text
logline · formatting · slugline · scene · beat · sequence · montage · voiceover · fade-in · transition
showrunner
TV series creative head
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- dramatistWriter of stage works
- librettistOpera's text writer
teleplay · freelance · credits · byline · adaptation · original
Hollywood
American film industry center
producer · director · agent · showrunner · pitch · spec · option · greenlight · development · production
lines
Strokes connecting two points
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
- soliloquyDramatic speech to oneself
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
exchanges · quip · retort · subtext · wit · diction · vernacular · exposition · voiceover · patter
- writersauthor, novelist, poet, journalist, essayist
- screenwritingscreenplays, draft, first draft, scene, dialogue
- comics jobsartist, penciler, penciller, inker, colorist
scriptwriteractor
One who portrays characters
performer · improviser · ad-libber · audience · director