subwriter

noun

sub·​writ·​er ˈsəb-ˌrī-tər 

variants or sub-writer

plural subwriters or sub-writers

: a writer (as of a television show or magazine column) who is subordinate to another writer

If you're a sub-writer on a daytime serial you don't have to come up with an outline. The head writer will send it to you.

—Larry Brody

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above