overwriter
Saves over existing
An overwriter is someone who writes too much—using excessive words, descriptions, or flourishes where fewer would suffice.
The term appears in discussions of prose style, often as criticism: The editor told him he was an overwriter who needed to cut half his adjectives.
In computing, an overwriter is a program or process that replaces existing data by writing new data in its place.
Writer of prose narratives
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
- biographerOne who writes lives
playwright · lyricist · essayist · chronicler · scribe · prolific · wordsmith · storyteller
Compose again differently
- amendModify or correct
- reviseAlter to improve
- reworkModify something already made
- editModify written material
polish · refine · rephrase · reword · update · modify · adjust · draft
novelist
Writer of prose narratives
- ghostwriterUncredited hired author
- journalistNews profession practitioner
- columnistRecurring newspaper feature writer
biographer · playwright · lyricist · essayist · chronicler · scribe · prolific · wordsmith · storyteller · creator
redraft
Compose again differently
edit · polish · refine · rephrase · reword · update · modify · adjust · draft · improve
erase
Remove recorded marks
corrupt · backup · restore · disk · file · memory · storage · sector · byte · buffer
obliterate
Destroy all traces of
purge · redact · sanitize · scrub · destroy · cancel · remove · clear · palimpsest · blot
overwriterpreserver
One that maintains or saves
reader · conservator · protector · archiver · copier
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