Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who writes, especially as an occupation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A person who understands or practises the art of writing; one who is able to write; a penman.
- n. One who does writing as a business; a professional scribe, scrivener, or amanuensis: used specifically in England of clerks to the former East India Company, and of temporary copying clerks in government offices; in Scotland, loosely, of law agents, solicitors, attorneys, etc., and sometimes of their principal clerks.
- n. A person who writes what he composes in his mind; the author of a written paper or of writings; an author in general; a literary producer of any kind: as, the writer of a letter; a writer of history or of fiction.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who writes, or has written; a scribe; a clerk.
- n. One who is engaged in literary composition as a profession; an author.
- n. A clerk of a certain rank in the service of the late East India Company, who, after serving a certain number of years, became a factor.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person who is able to write and has written something
- n. writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
Etymologies
- From Middle English, from Old English (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The writer is making the assumption that … The author is writing this section to … The author used_____ to support their ideas The big idea in the writing is … about … The authors reason for writing this is … The author is showing me that _________because … The authors message is … Author Craft: Writers of nonfiction help readers by … When the writer_____, it helps make a strong Point of view: point because … When I read____, I can see the author feels … When the writer uses words like … The author feels that ____, because ____ ...”
“XML:: Writer:: Nest - > new (tag = > 'level1', writer = > $writer); {local $xml = $xml - > nest ( 'level2'); {local $xml = $xml - > nest ( 'level3');}}}”
“A burst writer is often a burst writer from the first days of attempting her first material.”
“Nature. com reviews two books about artificial intelligence, and points out that the work of a certain writer is ignored:”
“And then the film cutter and the title writer each”
Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands
“I Don't Know How She Does It - a title writer Eve MacSweeney deems an apt description of SJP's life as wife, mom of three, actor, producer, Unicef ambassador, product shill and design-and- Disclaimer”
“It's a minor complaint-especially since Pugh's handling every aspect of the title writer, artist, and letterer-but a couple of typos were enough to make me notice.”
“But, hey, a writer is a writer is a writer, with apologies to Gertrude Stein.”
Notes on Ravines and Wolffer at I Drink NY Astor Place Event
“Our craft as a writer is a never ending journey and one, like a garden, needs to be tended on a regular basis.”
“The thing that makes a writer is the passion driving their words.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘writer’.
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Contemporary character classes?
as a youth I, and some others, made a pen-and-paper RPG, based in contemporary crime and suspense fiction + nonfiction, set in America's blighted urban centers, anonymous slurbs, and godforsaken hi...
acrobat, actor, anarchist, arsonist, artist, bagman, accountant, adrenaline junkie, airplane pilot, anti-racist skinhead, art student, assassin and 192 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11250 more...
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
waspiness, upraisers, strainers, sporangia, raspiness, prelatess, methanals, gaspiness, washings, uprisers, upraises, upraiser and 2373 more...
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FUN - Beatles song titles
Typical words from Beatles song titles. Can you recreate the titles?
(Grammatical words have been omitted)polythene, Sun King, rhythm and blues, taxman, tripper, monkey business, mailman, matchbox, rock and roll, ooh, blue jay, reprise and 388 more...
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INTERP - sexist language
Problematic and recommended terms according to the EP's guide on gender neutral language use
gender-neutral la..., biased, discriminatory, demeaning, political correct..., gender equality, gender neutrality, sexist language, masculine gender, inclusive form, generic form, discriminate agai... and 103 more...
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artists
different kind of artists.. any kind (general or specific types).
algorist, painter, sculptor, singer, musician, dancer, writer, puppeteer, actor, poet, cartoonist, photographer and 19 more...
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work
director, president, chief, boss, consultant, adviser, assistant, advisor, specialist, manager, employee, counselor and 65 more...
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Words for Literary Erotica
A selection of words for the genre, Literary Erotica.
erotica, love, sex, heterosexual..., heterotica, romantic, romance..., humanism, humans, fiction, short st..., sexuality, vanill..., desire, longing, ..., husband, wife, lo..., men, women and 14 more...
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Kalli's Words
redundant, munchkin, escapade, natch, boom, fap, geek, nocturnal, pedantic, tactile, conversant, oxymoron and 188 more...
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The Medley of Me
A jumble of words, sometimes contradictory, that add up to me. I'll probably be adding to this list for some time, because I'm a very complex individual. ;P
male, long-haired, big-eyed, writer, artist, guitarist, songsmith, talespinner, pilot, wannabe barnstormer, gypsy, cuddlesome and 209 more...
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chefjulianin's Words
high, ice, recipe, bear, bare, lady, food, identity, sudden, spooky, away, cook and 142 more...
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cindywrites's Words
chiaroscuro, mollycoddle, feckless, evocative, provocative, invocation, beckon, allay, becalm, console, lull, soothe and 479 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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Samme's Words
soliloquy, meander, creativity, magic, discovery, happiness, empowerment, abundance, [magnificent], iridescent, artistic, magical and 694 more...
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_mark's keywords ™
words that describe me or that i am focusing on.
( personal list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/personas--2<...satirical, dark, enigmatic, androgyny, appreciative, opinionated, inquisitive, sensitive, nonchalant, acerbic, scientific, circumspective and 229 more...
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junestag's Words
postmodernism, cat, fish, rabbit, dell, coffee, elearning, mazda, php, mysql, flash, blogger and 755 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for writer.
rolig Knowing that a number of Wordizens make their living as editors of one sort or another, I thought you would enjoy this delightful quote from copy-editor John E. McIntyre's blog:
The writer: To an editor (well, to some editors), the writer is an annoying inconvenience that nevertheless makes editing possible — the chicken that must be plucked, cleaned, and butchered before it can be turned into a delightful coq au vin. But you do have some obligation to make the text resemble the work of the author, perhaps dusted off and perfumed a little, but still recognizably the author more than you. The text should be not what you would have written, but what the author would have written had he been a better writer.
Jun 18, 2009