Recurrent idea from article by writer (5)
I believe the answer is:
theme
'recurrent idea' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'article by writer' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'writer' becomes 'me' (the person who is writing these clues**).
'the'+'me'='THEME'
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for theme that I've seen before include "Subject (on which person writes, speaks)" , "essay" , "Subject (of talk, text, etc)" , "Subject set for discussion" , "Pervading idea in art" .)