playwrighting
nounEtymology From playwright + -ing.
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Writing plays: the craft of a playwright
- Driving Miss Daisy won this year's Pulitzer Prize for playwrighting.1988 May 13, Anthony Adler, “Driving Miss Daisy; Body Parts”, in Chicago Reader:
- He pays homage to feminist playwrights such as Ntozake Shange and Caryl Churchill for bringing a new vitality and innovation to playwrighting — further enhancing theatre's power to affect us.1989 May 6, Jaye Melton, “Queer Living On Stage”, in Gay Community News, page 8: