writing

noun

1. 1

   the activity of putting something in written form

   she did the thinking while he did the writing

2. 2

   the act of creating written works

   writing was a form of therapy for him

   it was a matter of disputed authorship

3. 3

   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

4. 4

   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

5. 5

   (usually plural) the collected work of an author

   the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings