aspiring author

collocation in English

meaningsofaspiringandauthor

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aspiring
adjective
uk
/əˈspaɪə.rɪŋ/us
/əˈspaɪr.ɪŋ/
someone who is trying to become a successful actor, politician, ...
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author
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɔː.θər/us
/ˈɑː.θɚ/
the writer of a book, article, ...
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(Definition ofaspiringandauthorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Parsons rejected his request in a harsh letter which implied that anaspiringauthormerely ' ' plays with his books, - and thinks he is working when he is only playing hard.
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She spent the better part of a decade struggling as anaspiringauthorbefore meeting her current agent at a writing convention.
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He is a youngaspiringauthorwith a seemingly friendly personality.
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The article approaches this discourse via the aspiring authors who joined writing clubs in the interwar period.
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One may consider anaspiringauthorwhose strongest desire is to write an award-winning novel but who, in doing so, suffers from lack of sleep and depression.
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As anaspiringauthorand social climber he preferred not to associate himself publicly with such questionable material, and his name therefore does not appear on any editions.
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Neville is also anaspiringauthor.
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The site's ostensible primary purpose was publication of poetry anthologies submitted by aspiring authors, and invitations to poetry conventions hosted by the group.
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He discovered that many aspiring authors did not check outside facts, and patients told therapists what they wanted to hear.
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The prize is therefore dedicated to supporting and celebrating aspiring authors and their fiction.
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He was one of the pioneers of offering substantial money prizes to aspiring authors.
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