Starts showing love for writers (5)
I believe the answer is:
opens
'starts' is the definition.
(opening is a kind of starting)
'love for writers' is the wordplay.
'love for' becomes 'o' (I've seen this in other clues).
'writers' becomes 'pens' (I've seen this before).
'o'+'pens'='OPENS'
'showing' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for opens that I've seen before include "Provides access to" , "Removes a lid, say" , "Takes the cover off" , "sports competitions" , "competitions welcoming all-comers" .)