Verb

writing

  1. Present participle of write.

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Tue Jul 27 18:06:24 2010

Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system). It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.

Writing is an extension of human language across time and space. Writing most likely began as a consequence of political expansion in ancient cultures, which needed reliable means for transmitting information, maintaining financial accounts, keeping historical records, and similar activities. Around the 4th millennium BC, the complexity of trade and administration outgrew the power of memory, and writing became a more dependable method of recording and presenting transactions in a permanent form. In both Mesoamerica and Ancient Egypt writing may have evolved through calendrics and a political necessity for recording historical and environmental events.

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Tue Jul 27 01:47:51 2010

How do I start writing a novel?
Q. I'm really new at writing, but I'm educated in it and I know how to write and everything, but I just don't know where to start. I want to write a teen romance novel, and I usually start with an outline, but a small one at that, then a more detailed outline, a rough draft, then the final draft. But that was more of an essay or a short story with an assigned topic, so I really don't know where to begin. Should I use those methods, other methods, or should I just dive right in and start writing? HELP!
Asked by moomoo22189 - Wed Aug 1 00:15:27 2007 - - 9 Answers - 1 Comments

A. You start with your homework. A strong outline, detailed character studies and tons of research. You must become an expert on whatever it is you want to write about. To fake it cheats your readers, and they will know. No author just dives in. The prep work to write a novel takes several weeks to several months depending on the amount of research you need to do. I must tell you teen romance novels are becoming overkill and a lot of agents and publishers aren't reading them now. You are likely to spend a lot of time on the slush pile with a lot of other teen romance writers. Pax - C
Answered by Persiphone_Hellecat - Wed Aug 1 00:22:02 2007

How do i retrieve writing from the internet after the internet died?
Q. Ok, so I know the question is confusing, but here's what happened: I was writing a blog on myspace and my internet died before I could post it. How do I get all of the writing that I was about to post? It had some important stuff, and rewriting it isn't an option. Is there any way one of my toolbars or something saved the work while I was writing it?
Asked by cks_the_great - Wed Feb 4 02:20:22 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. yea, i dont think there is a way...
Answered by Adalwolf - Wed Feb 4 02:31:45 2009

What is the difference between writing and editing?
Q. Writing is putting words on paper and editing is re-writing or correcting the written piece. Can you please add more? I'm not satisfied with this little information. Thank you!
Asked by heaven - Tue Jul 6 07:09:19 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You write to express the thoughts in your head, thinking little about the structure, grammar and punctuation (depending on how much writing experience you have). You then edit to make it more structurally sound, and to make it easier for the reader to understand. That's about it, keep it simple!
Answered by Andy - Tue Jul 6 07:16:36 2010

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  • I'm a bit of a grinder. Novels are very long, and long novels are very, very long. It's just a hell of a lot of man-hours. I tend to just go in there, and if it comes, it comes. A morning when I write not a single word doesn't worry me too much. If I come up against a brick wall, I'll just go and play snooker or something or sleep on it, and my subconscious will fix it for me. Usually, it's a journey without maps but a journey with a destination, so I know how it's going to begin and I know how it's going to end, but I don't know how I'm going to get from one to the other. That, really, is the struggle of the novel.[1]
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