script ‧ writ ‧ er /ˈskrɪptˌraɪtə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
someone who writes the stories and words for films or television programmes SYN screenwriter ⇨ playwright
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THESAURUS
▪ writer someone who writes books, stories, or articles in as a job:
Greene was one of the finest writers of his generation.
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a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazine
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I always wanted to be a writer.
▪ author someone who writes books, especially works of literature, or someone who wrote a particular book:
Among the guests was the author Salman Rushdie.
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The author will be signing copies of his book.
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He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.
▪ novelist someone who writes books about imaginary people or events:
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists.
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the romantic novelist Barbara Cartland
▪ poet someone who writes poems:
a class studying the works of modern American poets
▪ playwright someone who writes plays:
Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.
▪ dramatist someone who writes plays - used especially in literary writing, about playwrights in the past:
the great French dramatist, Moliere
▪ scriptwriter ( also screenwriter ) someone who writes plays for films or television:
Three or four scriptwriters work on the show.
▪ blogger someone who regularly writes about a particular subject on their own website:
a travel blogger
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a blogger who writes about the differences between American and British English