Writer, Writer!

swedish_chef Bork bork bork! Nov 23, 2009

reesetee Thanks, adoarns! Sounds like a gooey bloviating French dessert. ;-) Unfortunately, I can't read French (well, I can read it, but I can't understand it), but thanks for the article too. :-) Jan 4, 2009

adoarns May I suggest the ooey gooey French écrivain (masc form), which essentially means writer but gives just the right bloviating sophistication to that certain scribbler.

If you can read French, read this wikipedia.fr article about it. Jan 4, 2009

reesetee Added, rolig!

Ah, you didn't bork it, bilby. I'll bet it had to do with that two-minute blackout we just had.... Sep 2, 2008

bilby I can bork most things but it seems to have righted itself now. Sep 2, 2008

rolig It's easy to miss the common ones. Here's another I don't see on the list: autobiographer. I recently made a list of -id words, and it was a while for I remembered that such everyday words as liquid and stupid also belonged. Sep 2, 2008

reesetee Bilby, did you break my page?

Thanks, rolig--I was sure that was already listed. *head scratch* Sep 2, 2008

rolig At your service.
Another favorite sort of writer, one librarians should be very familiar with: bibliographer. Sep 2, 2008

bilby I got 'Words cannot contain the characters '?', '/', or '#'. Please try again.' at the top of the page when I arrived here. Odd. Sep 2, 2008

reesetee Thanks for the suggestions, bilby and rolig! Rolig, I don't think I knew you're a translator--but why am I not surprised? :-) Sep 2, 2008

rolig A couple more poets: elegist, idyllist, and the less-talented epigone; from the religious side of things: hymnographer, hagiographer; and from journalism: editorialist. Plus, you left out my profession: translator. Also close to all Wordies' hearts are lexicographers and etymologists.
Sep 2, 2008

bilby Chronicler. Sep 2, 2008

dontcry Humorist...? Please... Jun 6, 2008

whichbe Perhaps textist, or telephemeist (writer of telephemes). Jun 6, 2008

reesetee Thanks, mollusque--all good suggestions, though I agree that commentator unfortunately has taken on a far different connotation than it once had. Nov 7, 2007

mollusque How about amorist and epigrammatist? There's also commentator in its former sense, now weakened by talking heads. Nov 7, 2007

reesetee Thanks, SoG! Mollusque, thanks for obituarist--had meant to add it and forgot. Don't know about jotter, though, since the definitions I've seen don't describe anything but note-taking. :-) Nov 5, 2007

sonofgroucho Excellent list! Nov 5, 2007

mollusque An obituary writer is an obituarist.
How about jotter? Nov 5, 2007

seanahan People tend to have lots of words for their group, writers just happen to write them all down. Nov 4, 2007

reesetee Hey, thanks all! I never realized how long this list could get! I intended this to be a list of writers who actually create what they're writing (as opposed to, say, a transcriptionist), so most of these fit. Guess I'll have to leave doodler out, though, oroboros, even though I like it. Not that I don't have a zillion other lists it can go on. ;-) Nov 3, 2007

oroboros Doodler? Nov 3, 2007

palooka Wonderful list! I've always wanted to be a pulp fiction writer. It would be cool to be able to write an entire 300 page novel during one afternoon.
"It was a dark & stormy night in Wordieland & John was intent on finishing an entire bottle of Jack Daniels..." Nov 3, 2007

mollusque How about monographer? Nov 3, 2007

sionnach belletrist? Nov 3, 2007

sionnach obituary writer? I guess eulogies are always spoken, so eulogist probably doesn't fit. I think necrologist is the corresponding word for written materials. Nov 3, 2007

reesetee You too, U? :-) Great ones--thanks! Nov 2, 2007

uselessness I have more...

fantasist, drafter, stenographer(?), penman, scribbler, scrawler, graffitist(?), cub, scrivener... Nov 2, 2007

reesetee Yes, but I'm enjoying your addiction ever so much. I keep meaning to get back to this list myself to come up with more entries, but you're doing the work for me! Nov 2, 2007

reesetee Gee, nice to know it's addictive. ;-)

Thanks, tag. I'm going to skip "poetess" because I already have "poet" (and it's...oh, I hate this phrase...gender neutral). But I'll take proser. I don't think I even knew it was a word until now! Nov 1, 2007

reesetee Good one! Thanks, tag. Nov 1, 2007

reesetee Thanks, guys! Great words! Uselessness, I'm aiming for words that describe people who actually create the work rather than just copy, so maybe not transcriptionist. Secretary works, if you're not thinking of what's now called an administrative assistant, I guess. :-)

C_b, I think scriobhfadh is the correct spelling. (I checked it out.)

Oct 26, 2007

chained_bear You have scribe, but you don't have scriobhfadh, which (I hope to God I spelled it correctly) is my favorite Gaelic word. Oct 26, 2007

uselessness Hmm, how about secretary, copywriter, spin doctor, transcriptionist, letterer, muse? Not sure if any of those are general enough for you, but take your pick. :-) Oct 26, 2007

reesetee Good grief, yarb--you're doing all the work for me! Thanks for all the great suggestions! Reporter is already on the list, but all the rest are added. :-) Oct 25, 2007

yarb Oh, and makar, an old Scots term for a bard. Oct 25, 2007

yarb Epithalamist - a writer of epithalamia (wedding odes).

Palinodist - a writer of palinodes (recantatory verses).

Parodist and satirist - writers of parodies and satires respecitvely.

Psalmist. Songsmith, tunesmith.

Epistler - letter writer.

Gazetteer, reporter. Oct 25, 2007

reesetee Chime in! I'm sure I've missed many. :-) Oct 25, 2007