Perhaps we should expect that from a writer trying to teach us right behavior.

"Maybe they could have a reality show about writers trying to write for television," he said.

The writer tried to keep the growing irritation out of her voice.

And the writers normally try to stay so close to reality!

Either that or the writers try too hard to make him cute.

Some writers have tried to link differences to body type or blood group.

As a result, you get fine writers trying on a style that doesn't suit them.

It read as though the writer was trying to make sense of something he'd seen, or been told, and had misunderstood.

No other writer of his stature had tried that before, to go directly to the people.