set pen to paper
set pen to paper
To write or begin to write something, especially on paper. My first advice to anyone struggling with their emotions is to keep a small journal and set pen to paper as often as possible. Writers from across the country have been setting pen to paper for the annual nonfiction festival.
See also: paper, pen, set
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- put pen to paper
- write back
- write on
- write on (someone or something)
- write up
- write down
- wrote
- write (something) in plain language
- write (something) in plain English
- prescribe