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CONTENT RELATED TO
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AUTHOR
writers
noun
person who composes with language
author
biographer
columnist
contributor
correspondent
critic
dramatist
editor
essayist
freelancer
ghostwriter
journalist
newspaper person
novelist
person of letters
poet
reporter
screenwriter
scribbler
scribe
scripter
stenographer
stringer
wordsmith
writes
verb
put language down on paper
address
author
autograph
bang out
chalk
commit
communicate
comp
compose
copy
correspond
create
dash off
draft
draw up
drop a line
drop a note
engross
formulate
ghost
indite
ink
inscribe
jot down
knock off
knock out
letter
note
note down
pen
pencil
print
push a pencil
put in writing
record
reproduce
rewrite
scrawl
scribble
scribe
scriven
set down
set forth
sign
take down
tell
transcribe
turn out
typewrite
write down
write up
wrote
verb
put language down on paper
address
author
autograph
bang out
chalk
commit
communicate
comp
compose
copy
correspond
create
dash off
draft
draw up
drop a line
drop a note
engross
formulate
ghost
indite
ink
inscribe
jot down
knock off
knock out
letter
note
note down
pen
pencil
print
push a pencil
put in writing
record
reproduce
rewrite
scrawl
scribble
scribe
scriven
set down
set forth
sign
take down
tell
transcribe
turn out
typewrite
write down
write up
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