To be an authoritative expert on some specified topic.
write one's own ticket
To be empowered to choose whichever job, financial arrangement, or cou…
write for the drawer
To write a work for posterity or for friends that one cannot publish e…
write checks one can't cash
To make promises one cannot keep, or to make boasts that are not true.
write oneself into a corner
To reach a narrative point in which the story one is writing gets stuc…