Author and Line

Author

Author verb - To compose and set down on paper the words of.

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Line and author are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Line" instead a verb "Author".

Line verb - Make a mark or lines on a surface.

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Author and line are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Author" instead a verb "Line".

Nearby Words: lined, linear, lineup, lineage, lineal

old	old author	old line
good	good author	good line
female	female author	female line
best	best author	best line
Other adjectives: long, particular, certain, original, dead, popular, actual, real, male, great, bad, main, famous, different.

Basically this is when the author of a novel reuses the same line (or a variation) in his or her work.

Source: Author Catchphrase
The last line of the book is "There was a point to this story but it has temporarily escaped the author's mind", and Adams once said that this was him "owning up".

Source: Creator Backlash / Literature
Once the real Titanic sinking happened, the author reissued it with changes to bring the book further into line with the real event, so he could cash in even more on the similarities.

Source: Foreshadowing

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