writing
the act of creating written works
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,016 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,045 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the act of creating written works also: authorship, composition, penning writing was a form of therapy for himit 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) also: written material, piece of writing the writing in her novels is excellentthat 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 showthe doctor's writing was illegible
- the activity of putting something in written form also: committal to writing she did the thinking while he did the writing
writing in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Such was the extent of Bunce's drama writing.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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The "maiden aunt" could not speak plainer in writing for the "Boston Sunday Gazette."
The Olden Time Series, Vol. 6 · Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks · Chapter 1
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The commissary began writing, on the corner of a table, a short official report.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Why should he stoop to read your letter to us; and commend your writing and spelling?
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded · Samuel Richardson · Chapter 1
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Hence the best writing is that which most successfully resolves the paradox of combining the sharpest surprise with the widest recognition.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1