dramatist
n.a person who writes plays for the theater. You use this word to describe someone who creates stories meant to be performed on stage.
n.a writer of plays or dramatic works. Often used to distinguish the author of a play from a novelist or poet.
“The famous dramatist wrote several successful plays in the 19th century.”
“After years of writing short stories, the author decided to become a dramatist and focus on writing for the stage.”
“The university's theater department invited a renowned dramatist to discuss the evolution of tragic structure from the Greeks to the modern era.”
“One of his discoveries was of a Bavarian dramatist, Marieluise Fleisser whose Pioneers in Ingoldstadt from the 1920s involved, in Ian MacNeil’s breathtaking design, a cast of 30 crossing a bridge.”