Record in writing could be famous now, unfortunately (4,4)

'record in' is the definition.
'note down' can be an answer for 'record' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'in' bit.

'could be famous now unfortunately' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'famous' could be 'noted' (noted can mean well-known or famous) and 'noted' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'now' is 'own' which is within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'writing' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?