Definition of: writing

(rī′ting) noun
1. The act of one who writes.
2. The characters so made; chirography; handwriting.
3. Anything written or expressed in letters, especially a literary production.
4. Law A written instrument: words, or characters that stand for words or ideas, traced on some substance, as paper, wood, or stone, with an implement, as a pen, pencil, or brush, or by some other device, as stamping, printing, or engraving.
5. The profession or occupation of a writer.
6. The practice, art, form, or style of literary composition.