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rewriter - definition and meaning
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noun rewrites .
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noun
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rewrite + -er
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I think Lifestreams are cool ... but google rewriter is a great 'idea', but is anything like that being created anywhere?
Lifestreams are good, uniFeeds will be better 2007
I need a long term rewriter (preferably Indian) who I can be in constant touch over messenger to rewrite articles for me.
GetAFreelancer.com New Projects 2009
Then there's the rewriter who comes along and says of the copy generator's work: This is gibberish.
The Writing Team Joel Achenbach 2011
It would take some clever URL rewriter no more than a day to come up with a solution, though.
My name is not a URL | FactoryCity 2009
But he too believes that something is better than nothing, and brings in the rewriter , "where the art turns into a craft."
Story pick: Coughing up copy, one hairball at a time Christian Davenport 2011
Michner admitted he was only an okay writer, but claimed to be a master editor and rewriter .
The Art vs. Craft Gap – a Writer’s Paradox | Write to Done 2009
What some hell-bent rewriter needs to do instead is get hold of "Wuthering Heights."
Reviews of 'Romancing Miss Bronte,' 'Charlotte and Emily,' 'Jane Slayre' 2010
But he didn't actually finish it, and he was such a perfectionist and such a rewriter , he said he wanted to have it burned after his death.
Tina Brown's Must-Reads: The Dead And The Undead 2009
So a lot of the rewriting that gets done has nothing to do with what would be good for the story, but has to do with deliberate shifts in character and plot that will change the script enough for the rewriter to get credit.
August 2007 2007
I think it degrades writers - both the rewriter and the writer being rewritten.
August 2007 2007
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