Was he burning to write Dracula? (6)
I believe the answer is:
stoker
'was he burning to write dracula?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.
'was he burning to' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'he' could be 'ker' and 'ker' is located in the answer.
'to' is within the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stoker that I've seen before include "who added fuel to the flames?" , "turning to coke regularly to provide energy?" , "He's fuelled < the legend of Dracula" , "Dracula's creator -- furnace feeder" , "One tending furnace" .)