Collocations for writer - noun
ADJECTIVE
celebrated,
distinguished,
eminent,
famous,
great,
important,
influential,
leading,
major,
prominent,
well-known
one of the greatest writers of all time
one of the greatest writers of all time
serious
award-winning
best-selling, popular, successful
favourite/favorite
prolific
a very prolific crime writer
award-winning
best-selling, popular, successful
favourite/favorite
prolific
a very prolific crime writer
accomplished,
creative,
fine,
gifted,
good,
talented
one of the best writers in journalism today
one of the best writers in journalism today
experienced,
published
young
aspiring
a chance for aspiring writers to get their work published
young
aspiring
a chance for aspiring writers to get their work published
freelance,
full-time,
professional
contributing, senior, staff (all esp. AmE)
anonymous, ghost (usually ghostwriter)
contemporary, living, modern, recent
ancient, classical, Greek, Roman
Renaissance, Victorian, etc.
modernist, post-colonial
16th-century, etc.
early, later
early writers in sociology
contributing, senior, staff (all esp. AmE)
anonymous, ghost (usually ghostwriter)
contemporary, living, modern, recent
ancient, classical, Greek, Roman
Renaissance, Victorian, etc.
modernist, post-colonial
16th-century, etc.
early, later
early writers in sociology
black,
female,
gay,
male,
woman
She gives talks about being a black woman writer.
She gives talks about being a black woman writer.
Christian,
communist,
feminist,
political,
socialist
religious, spiritual
academic, technical
fiction, prose
comedy, crime, mystery, romance, science-fiction, sci-fi, thriller
baseball, cookbook (esp. AmE), cookery (BrE), fashion, food, football, golf, nature, science, sports, travel
copy (usually copywriter), editorial (esp. AmE), feature, headline, leader (BrE), magazine, newspaper (esp. AmE), speech
comic-book, short-story, textbook
film, screen (usually screenwriter), script (usually scriptwriter), television, TV
music, song (usually songwriter)
software
letter, report
shorthand (BrE)
the present (written)
The present writer (= the person writing) has no experience in microbiology.
religious, spiritual
academic, technical
fiction, prose
comedy, crime, mystery, romance, science-fiction, sci-fi, thriller
baseball, cookbook (esp. AmE), cookery (BrE), fashion, food, football, golf, nature, science, sports, travel
copy (usually copywriter), editorial (esp. AmE), feature, headline, leader (BrE), magazine, newspaper (esp. AmE), speech
comic-book, short-story, textbook
film, screen (usually screenwriter), script (usually scriptwriter), television, TV
music, song (usually songwriter)
software
letter, report
shorthand (BrE)
the present (written)
The present writer (= the person writing) has no experience in microbiology.
writer + VERB
write sth
a popular writer who has written over forty books
a popular writer who has written over forty books
argue sth,
describe sth,
point sth out,
put it,
say sth,
suggest sth
As one writer put it, English wine could be drunk only with closed eyes and through clenched teeth.
Is political culture, as some writers have suggested, in a state of collapse?
As one writer put it, English wine could be drunk only with closed eyes and through clenched teeth.
Is political culture, as some writers have suggested, in a state of collapse?
be interested in sth
draw on sth
The writer drew on his own experience to write this script.
draw on sth
The writer drew on his own experience to write this script.
PREPOSITION
as writer
her career as a writer
her career as a writer
writer for
a freelance feature writer for Time
a freelance feature writer for Time
writer of
a writer of children's books
a writer of children's books
writer on
He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
PHRASES
a group of writers,
a writer's group
a writer in residence
We have decided not to employ a writer in residence after June.
a writer in residence
We have decided not to employ a writer in residence after June.
a writer of the day, period, time, etc.
Unlike many writers of the period, she is not preoccupied with morality.
Unlike many writers of the period, she is not preoccupied with morality.
writer's block
He's just released a new album after two years of writer's block.
He's just released a new album after two years of writer's block.