ink slinger
Prolific pulp writer
Ink slinger is informal or old-fashioned slang for a writer, especially a journalist or someone who writes prolifically for pay.
The term evokes the era of fountain pens and manual typewriters, when writing was literally slinging ink onto paper: He spent twenty years as an ink slinger for the Tribune.
Creator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- reporterOne who gathers news
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
scribe · wordsmith · storyteller · essayist · poet · playwright · biographer · chronicler
Feather used for writing
- inkwellContainer for dipping pens
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- fountain penInk-reservoir writing instrument
- typewriterMechanical printing keyboard
manuscript · calligraphy · penmanship · scroll · dip pen · blotter · scriptorium · vellum
Picture explaining something
- sketchingMaking rough drawings
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- typographyArranging letters for display
- letteringStyled written characters
cartooning · graphic novel · comic strip · caricature · crosshatching · stippling · brushwork · tattoo artist
author
Creator of written works
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- reporterOne who gathers news
columnist · scribe · wordsmith · storyteller · essayist · poet · playwright · biographer · chronicler · ghostwriter
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Feather used for writing
- inkwellContainer for dipping pens
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- fountain penInk-reservoir writing instrument
typewriter · manuscript · calligraphy · penmanship · scroll · dip pen · blotter · scriptorium · vellum · copperplate
illustration
Picture explaining something
- sketchingMaking rough drawings
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- typographyArranging letters for display
lettering · cartooning · graphic novel · comic strip · caricature · crosshatching · stippling · brushwork · tattoo artist
ink slingerstylist
Hair or fashion expert
wordsmith · man of letters · poet laureate · master craftsman · auteur
ink slingerilliterate
Cannot read or write
reader · visual artist · painter · orator · speaker
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