Adjective Words to Describe Authors and Writers

The aim of an author is his or her motive for writing. The author’s goal may be to entertain the reader, convince the reader, enlighten the reader, or lampoon a situation.

An author’s writing style is defined by two elements:

  • Voice: Voice is the persona you take on when you write. It’s the point of view you use to tell a story.
  • Tone: Tone can be recognized by the attitude that the text expresses.

These different types of tones define the manner in which the writer communicates his mentality through his writing.

Good writing stirs emotions, engages readers through effective writing strategies. It connects readers to a new imaginative world. It includes elements such as organization, evidence, expressions, grammar, spelling and punctuation. If your writing is coherent and manages to grab the attention of the readers, it is called good writing, where bad writing means more than bad writing. Includes errors in syntax, grammar, graphics, concept, and data accuracy. No matter how good your story is, it’s a bad writer if there’s a flaw in it.

To become a bad writer, the first step is to completely ignore the topic you need to write about. As a bad writer, there is no single focus on a theme or idea, instead there is a total miss-orientation of the subject to be portrayed.

Good writers practice. It takes them time to write, create and edit the piece until it’s just right. They spend hours and days just revising.

Let’s have a look at 100+ different ways to describe authors.

Words to Describe Author and Writer

Following is a list of common adjective words used for describing both Good and Bad Authors and Writers:

ScribeCreative Writer
NovelistCalligrapher
ScrivenerScenarist
ScriptwriterComedic
PlaywrightLibretto Writer
EssayistCowriter
DramatistCoauthor
LyricistDrafter
ScribblerSatirist
PenFiction Writer
GhostwriterPolemicist
PenmanPamphleteer
Pen womanStringer
ScreenwriterCritic
WordsmithPotboiler
LitterateurPenny-A-Liner
ScripterFreelancer
PoetStenographer
BiographerContributor
SongwriterPropagandist
Pen pusherFictioneer
ComposerNewspaper Person
LibrettistSpin Doctor
LittérateurPerson Of Letters
ArtistClerk

 

Book wrightWriter Of Fiction
FabulatorNarrative Writer
GhostwriterWriter Of Novels
SourceTranscriber
Sub creatorMallam
Man Of LettersRecorder
Pen-PusherRegister
Woman Of LettersNotary
Content CreatorCopier
Prose WriterIlluminator
Ink SlingerRecord Keeper
Word SlingerPencil Pusher
StorytellerBook Copier
JournalistResearcher
HackProfiler
ReporterHistorian
FictionistDispatcher
CopyistTransmitter
DramaturgeSender
ColumnistDisseminator
AmanuensisFreelance

 

TragedianPublicist
DramaturgistSongsmith
Story WriterTunesmith
CorrespondentReviewer
EditorHackette
LibrettistJourno
ArtistCleffer
BalladistFeature Writer
MetristIdyllist
RimerDilettante
JournalistWordsmith
ReporterPresenter
CorrespondentAnchor
NewsmanAnalyst
PressmanCompiler
NewscasterReviser
ColumnistPenman
NewspapermanHumorist
NewspaperwomanPen-Pusher
NewshoundAnchorperson

 

BroadcasterLeg person
NewswomanGazetteer
JournoInterviewer
AnnouncerPenny-A-Liner
ContributorEssayist
CommentatorFreelancer
HacketteEpistolarian
NewspersonEpistler
StringerPress Person
ScribeInk Slinger
HackGrub Street Writer
Leg manMan Of Letters
WiremanWoman Of Letters
IntelligencerNews Commentator
RoundsmanNewspaper Columnist
NewsyMagazine Columnist
EditorGossip Columnist
ReviewerPen Pal
Thumb suckerCommunicator
NewshawkLetter Writer
PhotojournalistPoet
News writerVersifier
BloggerRhymester

 

ScrivenerBard
CubPoetaster
PaparazzoMuse
SubeditorLyricist
PublicistMinstrel
CommentariatLyrist
PressRhymer
Talking HeadMaker
Investigative JournalistRimester
Copy EditorRhapsodist
Lobby CorrespondentBalladeer
War CorrespondentOdist
Media PersonParodist
Newspaper PersonComposer
Pencil PusherSonnetist
Press OfficerPoetess
ChroniclerSonneteer
Feature WriterElegist
Pen FriendLaureate
CriticRhymist
TroubadourSwan
AuthorDramatist

We can feel the attitude of an author by the words he or she uses. These tone words are used by authors to express positive, negative, and neutral feelings.

Summing Up!

This is an excellent practice for getting your mind into writing gear. I hope this blog has given you a better grasp of the terminology used to describe authors and writers. Make an effort to practice at least 50 words every day, since this will provide valuable experience in editing and ensuring that every word counts.