scribblers
Hasty, careless writers
Scribblers is the plural of scribbler—someone who writes hastily, carelessly, or without much skill.
The term often carries dismissiveness: a café full of scribblers pretending to be novelists.
It can be self-deprecating when writers use it about themselves: We scribblers have to stick together.
Creators of written works
- writersText composition professionals
- novelistsWriters of long-form fiction
- poetsComposers of verse
- essayistsWriters of discursive prose
wordsmiths · penmen · scribes · storytellers · chroniclers · diarists · memoirists · lyricists
Those who draw
- doodlersAbsentminded sketch makers
- drawersSliding furniture compartments
- cartoonistsCreators of illustrated humor
- graffitistsIllicit mural makers
marginalia · scrawlers · idlers · absent-minded · whimsical · spontaneous · ballpoint · margins
Those who engage superficially
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- beginnersThose newly learning
- hobbyistsRecreational pursuit enthusiasts
- dilettantesSuperficial pursuers of arts
neophytes · tyros · greenhorns · rookies · apprentices · fledglings · hacks · wannabes
Quick improvised solutions
- columnistsRegular opinion piece authors
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- reportersThose who gather news
- journalistsNews gatherers and writers
pundits · commentators · critics · bloggers · satirists · stringers · freelancers · press
authors
Creators of written works
essayists · wordsmiths · penmen · scribes · storytellers · chroniclers · diarists · memoirists · lyricists · playwrights
sketchers
Those who draw
- doodlersAbsentminded sketch makers
- drawersSliding furniture compartments
- cartoonistsCreators of illustrated humor
graffitists · marginalia · scrawlers · idlers · absent-minded · whimsical · spontaneous · ballpoint · margins · napkins
dabblers
Those who engage superficially
- novicesInexperienced newcomers
- beginnersThose newly learning
- hobbyistsRecreational pursuit enthusiasts
dilettantes · neophytes · tyros · greenhorns · rookies · apprentices · fledglings · hacks · wannabes · tinkerers
hacks
Quick improvised solutions
- columnistsRegular opinion piece authors
- correspondentsThose who exchange messages
- reportersThose who gather news
journalists · pundits · commentators · critics · bloggers · satirists · stringers · freelancers · press · newshounds
scrawlers
Those who write messily
messy · careless · hurried · scratchy · chicken scratch · unreadable · untidy · slipshod · sloppy · quick
scribblerswordsmiths
Skilled manipulators of language
virtuosos · laureates · men of letters · bards · celebrated authors
scribblersFlaubert