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 …