writing

n 1: the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of

therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed

authorship" [syn: {authorship}, {composition}, {penning}]

2: reading matter; 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" [syn: {written material}]

3: (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea

occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

4: letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface; "he

turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the

doctor's writing was illegible" [syn: {symbolic

representation}]

5: the activity of putting something in written form: "she did

the thinking while he did the writing"