hack writer
Churns out drivel
A hack writer produces work quickly for pay with little concern for quality or originality.
The term suggests someone churning out formulaic content—pulp fiction, clickbait articles, ghostwritten books—to meet deadlines rather than artistic standards.
He dismissed the author as a hack writer cranking out romance novels.
Often shortened to simply hack.
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
- pulpSoft wet mass
- pulp fictionSensational cheap literature
- potboilerWork made for money
- pot boilerMercenary creative work
dime novel · scribbler · formulaic · churned · mass market · deadline · typewriter · tabloid · yellow journalism · cliché · derivative · mediocre · journeyman · ghostwriter · penny-a-liner · penny dreadful · dime · trashy
hack writercraftsman
Skilled manual worker
wordsmith · literary genius · auteur · poet laureate · man of letters
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