Definition of "playwriting" [playwriting]

• The writing of plays. (noun)

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• "I have a theatre degree with concentrations in playwriting, acting and directing …"
• "I did have a good eye and ear for character, one of the few things I was able to grasp in playwriting and carry into fiction."
• "Also, I'm not trying to sound snooty or anything, but I have a graduate degree in playwriting, so I probably spend way too much time analyzing things like character, plot development, symbolism and other imagery, plot contrivances, etc., to the extent that I realize I probably attribute things to an author that even the author may not have intended."