Author
Author verb - To compose and set down on paper the words of.
Usage example: authored a new biography of Thomas Jefferson
Write
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Note: This is NOT just about people who write about their current interest or hobby, but instead is about whether or not the interest or hobby is depicted very realistically because the author does it for a living or grows up around it, etc.
Source: Write What You Know - In his half-awake state the author thought to himself "I'm going to write a suicide note" despite not being suicidal himself.
- Word of God says that the author was inspired to write the story by the instances of this during the Soviet purges.
Source: Literature / Tigana
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