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Writing

The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in literary work as a profession.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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The act or practice of literary composition, the occupation of writer, or producing or engaging in literary work as a profession.

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the act or profession of writing or its product; do not confuse with PUBLISHING or LITERATURE or AUTHORSHIP or JOURNALISM; style of writing goes here; includes typewriting; editing for publication is indexed as PUBLISHING; writing for periodicals is indexed as PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; letters & correspondence of biographees & famous persons are indexed as CORRESPONDENCE AS TOPIC (IM); HANDWRITING and MEDICAL WRITING are also available

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Writing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014956. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014956
  2. Writing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing
  3. Writing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37260