playwriting

American  

[pley-rahy-ting] / ˈpleɪˌraɪ tɪŋ /

noun

1. the art or technique of writing theatrical plays; the work or profession of a playwright.

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Etymology

Origin of playwriting

First recorded in 1895–1900; play + writing

Example Sentences

Throughout his career, Domingo has hedged his bets, undertaking playwriting, directing and producing in case the wind blows a different way.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Page’s portrayal, perhaps the most complete in his gallery, makes a convincing case of the playwriting leap forward.

From Los Angeles Times

His thesis is that Shakespeare early in his playwriting career followed the prevailing models of villainy.

From Los Angeles Times

But a new breed of dramatist, writing in an age of overlapping calamities — environmental, political, economic, technological and moral — is retooling an old playwriting device to do more than inject urgency and immediacy in the theatrical experience.

From Los Angeles Times

But neither was he drawn to the issue-laden work of his more politically minded postwar British playwriting peers, that new breed of dramatist unleashed by John Osborne’s “Look Back in Anger.”

From Los Angeles Times