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noun (n)

• the act of creating written works(noun.act)

  Example:
  Writing was a form of therapy for him.
  

  Synonym:
  authorship, composition, penning
  

  source: wordnet30
• the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)(noun.communication)

  Example:
  The writing in her novels is excellent.
  That editorial was a fine piece of writing.
  

  Synonym:
  piece of writing, written material
  

  source: wordnet30
• (usually plural) the collected work of an author(noun.communication)

  Example:
  The idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings.
  

  source: wordnet30
• letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language(noun.communication)

  Example:
  He turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show.
  The doctor's writing was illegible.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the activity of putting something in written form(noun.act)

  Example:
  She did the thinking while he did the writing.
  

  Synonym:
  committal to writing
  

  source: wordnet30
• The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.(noun)

  source: webster1913