From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics:Literature,Occupationswriterwrit‧er /ˈraɪtə $-ər/ ●●●S3W2 noun [countable]1ALWRITEsomeone who writesbooks,stories etc, especially as ajob →author,playwrightShe’s one of my favourite writers.a science-fiction writerwriter ona well-known writer on American musicwriter ofa writer of children’s stories2someone who has written something or who writes in a particular wayHe’s always been a sloppy writer.writer ofthe writer of the previous message on this topicCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + writera good/great writerShe was a very good writer.Dr Johnson was already a great writer at the age of thirty-five.a fiction/science-fiction/mystery writerThe movie is based on a story by science-fiction writer Phillip K. Dick.a travel/history/sports etc writer (=someone who writes articles and books about a subject)This region of Europe does not excite many travel writers.a prolific writer (=someone who writes a lot of books etc)He was a prolific writer of everything from poems to essays.a freelance writerShe now works as a freelance writer.THESAURUSwriter someone who writes books, stories, orarticles in as a jobGreene was one of the finest writers of his generation.a writer for the Independent on Sunday magazineI always wanted to be a writer.author someone who writes books, especially works ofliterature, or someone who wrote a particular bookAmong the guests was the author Salman Rushdie.The author will be signing copies of his book.He was the author of ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’.novelist someone who writes books aboutimaginary people oreventsCharles Dickens was one of the greatest 19th century novelists.the romantic novelist Barbara Cartlandpoet someone who writespoemsa class studying the works of modern American poetsplaywright someone who writes playsShakespeare was the greatest playwright in English history.dramatist someone who writes plays – used especially inliterary writing, aboutplaywrights in thepastthe great French dramatist, Molierescriptwriter (also screenwriter) someone who writes plays forfilms ortelevisionThree or four scriptwriters work on the show.blogger someone who regularly writes about a particularsubject on their ownwebsitea travel bloggera blogger who writes about the differences between American and British EnglishExamples from the Corpuswriter•awriter ofromanticnovels•Do you have any books bymodernAmericanwriters?•Ienjoyreading Americanwriters.•Among hisinfluences, he places Wynton Marsalis andwriter Stanley Goode.•Rush is apoet andwriter offiction.•Thebestwritersmanage to havesympathy for all theircharacters; there is always more than one side torepresent.•These, however, areindicated inscores and livrets andnoted bycontemporarywriters on operaperformance.•When I wasyoung, I wanted to be afamouswriter.•Feministwriters have wanted, ofcourse, toindict thevariousforms ofbrutality andcoercion from which women havesuffered.•Greene was one of thefinestwriters of hisgeneration.•However, ininterviews lastweek,severalformer Forbeswriters andeditorsconfirmed thereport inFortune.•apoliticalwriter for the New YorkTimeswriter on•awell-knownwriter onreligionFrom Longman Business Dictionarywriterwrit‧er /ˈraɪtə-ər/ noun [countable]1FINANCE someone whosellsPUTOPTION andCALL OPTIONcontracts →naked writer2INSURANCE a person or company thatprovidesinsurance contractsSYNUNDERWRITERa writer of property and casualty policies
