writings
An author's output
Writings are texts produced by a particular person or on a particular subject.
The word often implies a body of work: the writings of Shakespeare, Buddhist writings, her early writings on feminism.
It can sound slightly formal or literary—you might refer to someone's writings rather than their books or articles when treating them as a collected intellectual output.
New and unusual
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- fictionImagined narrative work
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- memoirWritten personal recollection
essay · drama · verse · prose · sonnet · haiku · ballad · libretto
Academic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- publicationIssued written material
- journalRecord of daily events
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
research · paper · monograph · abstract · bibliography · citation · peer-reviewed · scholarly
Ordered historical record
- scrollWound document of parchment
- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
inscription · tablet · codex · scripture · epic · saga · annals · hieroglyphics
New and unusual
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- fictionImagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
- classicsWorks of lasting value
genre · plot · character · theme · symbolism · metaphor · motif · allegory
Unversified language
- narrativeAccount of events
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- dictionChoice of words
- syntaxRules for arranging words
rhetoric · phrasing · voice · tone · clarity · coherence · fluency · style
Formal written findings
- manualWritten instructions for use
- handbookCompact reference guide
- guidebookReference for travelers
- certificateFormal written attestation
memorandum · transcript · deed · contract · application · form · invoice · receipt
novel
New and unusual
- poetryMetrical literary composition
- fictionImagined narrative work
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
memoir · essay · drama · verse · prose · sonnet · haiku · ballad · libretto · novella
thesis
Academic argument requiring defense
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- publicationIssued written material
- journalRecord of daily events
article · research · paper · monograph · abstract · bibliography · citation · peer-reviewed · scholarly · footnote
chronicle
Ordered historical record
- scrollWound document of parchment
- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
- parchmentTreated hide for manuscripts
manuscript · inscription · tablet · codex · scripture · epic · saga · annals · hieroglyphics · cuneiform
novel
New and unusual
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- fictionImagined narrative work
- nonfictionLiterature about real events
classics · genre · plot · character · theme · symbolism · metaphor · motif · allegory · irony
prose
Unversified language
syntax · rhetoric · phrasing · voice · tone · clarity · coherence · fluency · style · exposition
report
Formal written findings
certificate · memorandum · transcript · deed · contract · application · form · invoice · receipt · brochure
- literary workspoems, novels, poetry, fiction, plays
- philosophical writingstreatises, dialogues, discourses, meditations, critiques
- KetuvimPsalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, Song of Songs
- Rousseausocial contract, Emile, Confessions, noble savage, natural state
- Torah scholarshipTalmud, midrash, Midrash, Torah study, halacha
- creative worksbooks, autobiography, memoir, novels, diary
writingsspeech
Oral communication ability
spoken words · utterances · spoken language · oratory · verbal communication
writingsimages
Visual depictions
pictures · visual art · illustrations · photographs · drawings
writingsperformances
Staged artistic presentations
recordings · sculptures · compositions · choreography · films
- in writingRecorded in text
- creative writingOriginal literary expression
- travel writingProse documenting journeys
- writing downInscribing information for later
- writing on the wallObvious omen of trouble
- writing offDeclaring something a loss
writing, handwriting, rewriting, screenwriting, playwriting, typewriting, miswriting, ghostwriting, handwritings