Took me a while to figure it out (first time WordPress user), but it worked! Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. You’ve been a great help.
I went through all my plugins one by one trying to find the issue the first time. When I found one that seemed to be the issue, I deleted it. That made it so my author could write, but now I can’t for some reason. I’m not so sure it’s a plugin anymore.