written material

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written material - the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing" piece of writing, writing bowdlerisation, bowdlerization - written material that has been bowdlerized title - (usually plural) written material introduced into a movie or TV show to give credits or represent dialogue or explain an action; "the titles go by faster than I can read" black and white, written communication, written language - communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) cryptogram, secret writing, cryptograph - a piece of writing in code or cipher rewrite, revision, rescript - something that has been written again; "the rewrite was much better" literary composition, literary work - imaginative or creative writing literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value literature - published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature" matter - written works (especially in books or magazines); "he always took some reading matter with him on the plane" literary criticism, criticism - a written evaluation of a work of literature section, subdivision - a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical); "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" epilog, epilogue - a short passage added at the end of a literary work; "the epilogue told what eventually happened to the main characters" paragraph - one of several distinct subdivisions of a text intended to separate ideas; the beginning is usually marked by a new indented line diary, journal - a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations inscription, lettering - letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something manuscript, ms - the form of a literary work submitted for publication autograph - something written by one's own hand treatise - a formal exposition adaptation, version - a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; "the play is an adaptation of a short novel" essay - an analytic or interpretive literary composition editing, redaction - putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form religious text, religious writing, sacred text, sacred writing - writing that is venerated for the worship of a deity screed - a long piece of writing document, papers, written document - writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature) dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. dithyramb - a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing plagiarism - a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work transcript - something that has been transcribed; a written record (usually typewritten) of dictated or recorded speech; "he read a transcript of the interrogation"; "you can obtain a transcript of this radio program by sending a self-addressed envelope to the station"