Editing Screenwriter (section)

==Terminology==
{{see also|Screenplay#History}}
In the [[silent era]], screenwriters were denoted by terms such as '''photoplaywright''', '''photoplay writer''', '''photoplay dramatist''', and '''screen playwright'''.<ref name="Maras">Maras, Steven. ''Screenwriting: History, Theory and Practice'', Wallflower Press, 2009, pp. 82–85. {{ISBN|9781905674824}}</ref> Screenwriting historian Steven Maras notes that these early writers were often understood as being the authors of the films as shown, and argues that they could not be precisely equated with present-day screenwriters because they were responsible for a technical product, a brief "[[Film scenario|scenario]]", "treatment", or "synopsis" that is a written synopsis of what is to be filmed.<ref name="Maras"/>