put pen to paper

Steve Silberman was one of the greatest writers to ever put pen to paper about the subject of neurodiversity.

An H Berthoud from Wimbledon put pen to paper to say he had heard "a great many foreigners" exclaim in surprise that London did not have an accurate clock at "all the most important crossroads in the metropolis".

Speaking on the red carpet, he explained why it had taken so long to put pen to paper.

Of course, that current state that I put pen to paper in was a queen still on the throne, celebrating 70 years and all that came with it.

Sadly, I don’t put pen to paper as often as I did before the dawn of smartphones, but I still hang onto the rare letter or card that lands in my mailbox.