- the act of creating written works;
"writing was a form of therapy for him" "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
- the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect);
"the writing in her novels is excellent" "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"
- (usually plural) the collected work of an author;
"the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"
- letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language;
"he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show" "the doctor's writing was illegible"
- the activity of putting something in written form;
"she did the thinking while he did the writing"