writing

Noun

• the activity of putting something in written form
  • she did the thinking while he did the writing
    

• 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
    

• (usually plural) the collected work of an author
  • the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings
    

• 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
    

• the act of creating written works
  • writing was a form of therapy for him
    
  • it was a matter of disputed authorship
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  committal to writing , written material , piece of writing , authorship , composition , penning