writerly

It's good news if you need writing or even writerly thinking.

It would have been so much more writerly than the truth.

Nor do I think of it in writerly terms as a metaphor for something else.

I don't believe that a lack of writerly skills was what kept my uncle from talking about his war.

The following writerly fragments are from this book and other sources.

Some of the Cambridge scenes have a more writerly touch.

There aren't the same kind of writerly voices we used to have."

Her eyes still burn with writerly ambition, but she is otherwise much changed.

And Hamilton's value as a writerly model extends beyond finance.

But he may share his subject's difficulty in writerly self-restraint.

Publishers and editors are always searching for that new writerly voice.

These writerly questions were reflections of other, more general questions.

And those who do read often lack the training to observe subtle writerly clues.

There is not even "alienation" in the classical romantic writerly sense.

Each has its own opinions, rating system, writerly style.

From early on, he shows a distinctly writerly imagination.

The editor wanted "a lush, writerly treatment with a narrative arc," John said.

"Many things come to mind: you've been nursing writerly aspirations forever.

This cameo is short but writerly, rich with detail and some nice personal touches.

The drawback to this writerly style is that it's a drain on tension.

Young Jamal shows writerly aptitude, and he's a pretty good basketball player.

Silverberg doesn't claim superior knowledge of writerly principle (as he might well).

How to read with writerly sensitivity, with reference to the masters.

The stakes and daily writerly challenge seem inherently greater.

And yet it is a mistake to read this kind of novel from a comfortable "let us now study writerly effects" perch.