essayists

noun

plural of essayist
as in novelists

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  1. storytellers
  2. playwrights
  3. fabulists
  4. screenwriters
Noun
  • To join Chanel and the Women’s Prize Trust in celebrating the launch of their new Originators program, a guest list filled with scriveners, storytellers, and Substackers turned out in droves.
    — Freya Drohan, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Apple also hopes that the Duo will earn a cultural cachet among storytellers and other artists, many of whom, like loyal Apple customers, still regard the company more as a maker of useful tools rather than as the enemy Big Tech has become.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of storytellers
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  • Nina Raine and Moses Raine, previously best known as playwrights, penned the scripts, making their debut as a TV writing duo.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Jocelyn Bioh is entering the upper echelon of contemporary playwrights, after her current Broadway play, School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play, opened on September 28 to raves.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of playwrights
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  • Human fabulists aren’t the only ones who sometimes lure tourists to less-than-authentic sites.
    — Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Academia—like business, electoral politics, and the tech sector—has loads of fabulists and tons of bunk.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of fabulists
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  • The second edition of Pitch Talent, organized with the screenwriting labs IsLABentura Canarias, CIMA Impulsa and DAMA Ayuda, will showcase emerging screenwriters and creatives selected by each lab, joined by Mallorcan screenwriter-director Ferrán Bex.
    — Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 11 May 2026
Definition of screenwriters
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