Phrase Hound found 54 phrases and 41 compound words that contain writing. The most common are listed below. Open writing in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 54
- creative writingThe art of writing texts such as novels, short stories and poems which fall outside the bounds of professional, journalistic, academic and technical discourse.
- put in writingTo write down; to put into words
- writing systemA system for writing one or more languages; a particular alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, or other scheme. For example, the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet.
- writing paperPaper designed to be written on with ink; it may be ruled or unruled.
- technical writingThe act of, or profession pertaining to, the creation of factual and instructional texts, written using clear and precise wording, intended for the communication of information to a specific audience.
- writing on the wallAn ominous warning; a prediction of bad luck.
- writing deskA desk at which someone may write.
- food writingWriting that focuses on food.
- Writing style
- play-writingAlternative form of playwriting: The writing of plays.
- Writing process
- writing boardA smooth vertical surface to be written upon using an erasable material, large enough for several persons to read simultaneously.
- writing the bookpresent participle and gerund of write the book
- Report writing
- writing padA collection of blank pages of writing paper, bound together, often with a cardboard cover.
- Grant Writing
- night writingA system of code using symbols of twelve dots arranged as two columns of six dots embossed on a square of paperboard, designed to allow military communication without light or noise. It is the forerunner of braille.
- writing systemsplural of writing system: A system for writing one or more languages; a particular alphabetic, syllabic, logographic, or other scheme. For example, the Latin alphabet or the Cyrillic alphabet.
- automatic writingA form of writing claimed not to come from the conscious thoughts of the writer, sometimes performed in a trance.
- cross-writingA 19th-century technique for saving paper and postage by writing a letter in one direction, then turning the page ninety degrees and writing perpendicularly across the first set of text, creating two layers of text; a practical solution to …
- putting in writingpresent participle and gerund of put in writing
- writing downpresent participle and gerund of write down
- e-writingThe practice of writing texts in electronic form.
- writing uppresent participle and gerund of write up
- writing outpresent participle and gerund of write out
Compound words 41
- handwritingThe act or process of writing done with the hand, rather than typed or word-processed.
- songwritingThe work of a songwriter.
- screenwritingThe art of writing screenplays.
- signwritingAny form of clear lettering designed to be used on signs.
- scriptwritingThe writing of scripts, usually for film or television.
- playwritingThe writing of plays.
- typewritingThe act, or the skill, of using a typewriter.
- skywritingMessages, left by leaving a trail of smoke from an airplane, that are visible from the ground.
- speechwritingThe craft or activity of writing speeches, usually for delivery by someone else
- kickwritingA frenzied, first-person style of writing.