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screenwriting

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screenwriting (uncountable)

The art of writing screenplays.

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I teach a course in screenwriting at Columbia, but I've never taken a course and I've never read a book about it! Paul Schrader

I think, in a weird way, the reason I was drawn to screenwriting and the reason I really love doing it is because I love writing dialogue. David Benioff

Screenwriting is always about what people say or do, whereas good writing is about a thought process or an abstract image or an internal monologue, none of which works on screen. David Nicholls

For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. They should tell you what they'll do in any scene you put them in. Justin Zackham

For me, as a writer who comes from quite a naturalistic tradition, British screenwriting is quite delicate, quite small, and rarified in a way. Simon Beaufoy

I want to get off with the screenwriting. Obie Trice

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