authorship
Who wrote it
Authorship is the state of being the author of something—having written or created a work.
Questions of authorship ask who wrote what: The authorship of several Shakespeare plays has been disputed.
The term also refers to the occupation or practice of writing: She pursued authorship after retiring from law.
Recognition or payment deferral
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- citationMention of a source
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
byline · attribution · dedication · mention · footnote · bibliography · pseudonym · anonymous
Recorded language on surface
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- narrativeAccount of events
manuscript · prose · poetry · fiction · nonfiction · novel · essay · genre
Exclusive reproduction rights
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- licensingGranting official permission
- patentObvious; inventor's monopoly
trademark · rights · publication · reproduction · derivative works · public domain · creative commons · infringement
Proving something accurate
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- genuineTruly what it claims
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
- disputedArgued over, unresolved
misattribution · authentication · scholarly · textual analysis · canonical · apocryphal · anonymous · uncertain
Point of creation
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- inceptionFounding moment
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- sourcePoint of origin
beginning · birth · creation · emergence · germination · seed · fountainhead · roots
Obligation for one's actions
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- transparencyState of being see-through
- honestyTruthfulness, sincerity
credibility · duty · obligation · standards · professionalism · academic integrity · misconduct · fabrication
credit
Recognition or payment deferral
- acknowledgmentConfirmation of receipt
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- citationMention of a source
reference · byline · attribution · dedication · mention · footnote · bibliography · pseudonym · anonymous · ghostwriting
writing
Recorded language on surface
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- draftingCreating technical blueprints
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
narrative · manuscript · prose · poetry · fiction · nonfiction · novel · essay · genre · plotting
copyright
Exclusive reproduction rights
- intellectual propertyLegal rights over inventions
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- licensingGranting official permission
patent · trademark · rights · publication · reproduction · derivative works · public domain · creative commons · infringement · piracy
verification
Proving something accurate
- provenanceRecord of ownership
- genuineTruly what it claims
- forgeryCreating fraudulent imitations
disputed · misattribution · authentication · scholarly · textual analysis · canonical · apocryphal · anonymous · uncertain · contested
genesis
Point of creation
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- inceptionFounding moment
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
source · beginning · birth · creation · emergence · germination · seed · fountainhead · roots · invention
accountability
Obligation for one's actions
- ethicsStudy of right conduct
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- transparencyState of being see-through
honesty · credibility · duty · obligation · standards · professionalism · academic integrity · misconduct · fabrication · falsification
- acknowledgmentsacknowledgment, acknowledgement, acknowledgments, acknowledgment, dedications
- literaturebooks, book, fiction, poetry, stories
- writingwriting, drafting, books, write, editing
- Writing Worldvoice, novelists, style, poets, tone
- intellectual propertypatents, copyright, patent, trademark, trademarks
- art attributioncredit, signature, attribution, authentication, reattribution
authorshipreadership
Publication's collective consumers
reading · consumption · audience · spectatorship · viewership
authorshipanonymity
Unknown identity state
ghostwriting · pseudonymity · unattributed · anonymous · uncredited work
authorshipplagiarism
Unattributed use of others' work
copying · reproduction · derivation · imitation · transcription
- pride of authorshipPossessiveness over one's work
author, authority, authorize, authors, authored, authoritative, authorization, authoring, ghostwriter