writer
/'raitə/
Definition
- Noun:
- A person who writes: Someone who is able to write and has produced a written text, such as a letter, document, or list.
- A professional author: A person who writes books, stories, articles, or similar works as a profession, typically for payment.
Usage
- The word "writer" is a countable noun. It refers to the person performing the act of writing or the profession of authorship.
- It is used to describe someone engaged in the creation of written content, from casual notes to published literary works.
Examples
- General person who writes:
- She is the writer of this beautiful thank-you note.
- The writer of the ancient manuscript is unknown.
- Professional author:
- He is a famous science fiction writer.
- Many writers contribute articles to that magazine.
Advanced Usage
- "Ghostwriter": A professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, or speeches that are officially credited to another person.
- The celebrity's autobiography was actually written by a ghostwriter.
- "Writer's block": A condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author loses the ability to produce new work or experiences a creative slowdown.
- The novelist was struggling with a severe case of writer's block.
Variants and Related Words
- Write (v): To mark letters, words, or symbols on a surface; to compose text.
- Writing (n): The activity or skill of writing; written work.
- Screenwriter (n): A person who writes scripts for films or television.
- Playwright (n): A person who writes plays.
- Copywriter (n): A person who writes the text for advertisements.
Synonyms
- Author: A writer of a book, article, or report. (Often implies being the originator of a significant written work.)
- Scribe: A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
- Wordsmith: A skilled user of words, especially a professional writer.
Related Phrases
- "Writer's cramp": A painful spasmodic condition of the muscles of the hand, caused by prolonged writing.
- After taking notes for three hours, he started to feel writer's cramp.
Noun
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a person who is able to write and has written something
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writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
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