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Collocations for writer - noun

ADJ.

celebrated, distinguished, eminent, famous, great, influential, leading, major, prominent, well-known
one of the greatest writers of all time
award-winning | best-selling, popular | favourite | prolific
a very prolific crime writer
creative, fine, good, talented
one of the best writers in journalism today
experienced | young | aspiring
a chance for aspiring writers to get their work published
academic, freelance, ghost (also ‘ghostwriter’), professional, staff | anonymous | contemporary, living, modern, recent | ancient, classical, Greek, Roman | Renaissance, Victorian, etc. | sixteenth-century, etc. | early, later
early writers in sociology
female, gay, male, woman
She gives talks about being a black woman writer.
Christian, communist, feminist, political, socialist | religious, spiritual | comedy, fiction, prose, science-fiction | film, letter, magazine, music, paperback, screenplay, script, short-story, software, textbook | copy, feature, gossip, headline, leader, report | cookery, crime, fashion, food, football, golf, science, sports, thriller, travel | short-hand | 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
argue sth, describe sth, point sth out, put it
(written),
say sth, suggest sth
As one twelfth-century 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

PREP.

~ for
a freelance feature writer for the Guardian
~ of
a writer of children''s books
~ on
He is a prominent writer on civil liberties.
~ to
a writer to the letters column

PHRASES

an association/a group/a guild of writers, a writer''s association/group/guild/union, a writer in residence
We have decided not to employ a writer in residence after June.
a writer of the day/period/time
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.

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