Collocations for "writer"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "writer" in context.
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writer
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [comedy, crime, thriller, romance] writer
- a [newspaper, political, technical, travel, court] writer
- a writer for the [newspaper]
- a [best-selling, prize-winning, famous, prolific] writer
- a [song, jingle, speech] -writer
- a [tidy, neat, legible, illegible] writer
- an expert [technical] writer
- the [neatest] writer in the [family, class, school]
- she [hopes, wants, would like] to be a writer
- the writer wishes to [state, point out, highlight]
- the writer of the [report, document, article]
- a writer of [crime, fiction, novellas]
- a writer on the [futures, securities, commodities] market
- [ideas, books, tips, seminars, workshops] for writers
- [pens, paper, devices, accessories] for writers
- [suffer from, get, have] writer's block
'writer' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
British
- English
- accomplished
- articulate
- assured
- barren
- bullshit
- cartoon
- champion
- considered
- crank
- creative
- daily
- damned
- discipline
- distinction
- eccentric
- establish
- failed
- famous
- fantasy
- fellow
- finished
- freelance
- frustrated
- gag
- good
- grace
- great
- high
- ill
- imagery
- inspired
- journalist
- lit
- literature
- lyric
- masterpiece
- merit
- musical
- narrative
- newspaper
- nonetheless
- noon
- note
- novel
- oeuvre
- original
- outreach
- par