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writers’ room

American  
[rahyt-erz room] / ˈraɪt ərz ˈrum /

noun

  1. a room in which screenwriters collaborate to develop and write scripts for a television show or other scripted production.

  2. the writing team for a television show or other scripted production.


Example Sentences

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He’s a good writer and he’s a good director, and it just adds a whole other level to the writers room, in terms of the connection between us and the set.

From Los Angeles Times

I think it’s fun for them because they’re rewatching this over and over again, so every little minute thing is seen as something significant even when that wasn’t our intention — not that we don’t plant things for later and do Easter eggs, but 99.9% of the writers’ room is just talking about these characters in the story they’re on.

From Los Angeles Times

What I love about our writers’ room is, even with Matt and I, people are very happy to tell us that an idea is not working.

From Los Angeles Times

“There are stories that we have told in tabletop games that I have played that I never would have imagined coming up with in the writers’ room because the dice told the story that they did,” says Bhimani.

From Los Angeles Times

The production continued that effort, Kane added, by attempting to make all its characters fully rounded, achieved in part by staffing the show with a diverse writers’ room that included “Watchmen” and “American Fiction” writer Cord Jefferson, who co-wrote Episode 6.

From Salon