A note to stop, no time for the writer (5)
I believe the answer is:
aesop
'the writer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a note to stop no time' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'stop' with 't' taken out is 'sop'.
'a'+'e'+'sop'='AESOP'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for aesop that I've seen before include "Greek father of fables" , "A pose by Greek writer of fables" , "very old writer" , "Greek teller of animal tales with a moral" , "Author of many fables" .)