scribbler

Unlike the average social media scribbler, Lewis transformed anxiety into art.

There, you might find other scribblers, with names like Saroyan and Steinbeck, to share a convivial drink nearby; some of Hollywood Boulevard’s many bookshops are open almost as late as the bars.

Martin grew up into a comic novelist and a prolific periodical scribbler, just like dad.

But Trump’s record also includes countless lawsuits, which he files with the gleeful frequency of a parking-ticket scribbler in the District of Columbia.

Professional scribblers need to look beyond the immediate news of leadership changes in the Congress, a.k.a. the trees, and see the forest standing in plain sight.