Writer
The term
writer can apply to anyone who creates a
written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. Skilled writers demonstrate skills in using
language to portray ideas and images, whether producing
fiction or
non-fiction.
A writer may compose in many different forms, including (but not limited to)
poetry,
prose, or
music. Accordingly, a writer in specialist mode may rank as a
poet,
novelist,
composer,
lyricist,
playwright,
mythographer,
journalist,
film scriptwriter, etc. (See also:
creative writing,
technical writing and
academic papers.)
Writers' output frequently contributes to the
cultural content of a
society, and that society may value its writerly
corpus as an
art much like the visual arts (see:
painting,
sculpture,
photography),
music,
craft and
performance art (see:
drama,
theatre,
opera,
musical).
Practitioners within some specialized fields also use the term "writer" to describe their arts. For instance,
advertising creatives,
gag-writers and
graffiti artists also refer to themselves as "writers." In these contexts, "writer" may be considered an alternative use of the term, rather than describing a so-called "literary" or "serious" writer as discussed above.
Additionally, different fields of
cartooning will involve a separate writer and artist, the writer functionally the same as a
scriptwriter.
The creation of religious
icons is often described as "writing an icon" as opposed to painting or sculpting it. The iconographer can also be considered an icon writer.
A "writer" can also be mechanical. For example,
court reporters often refer to their
stenotype machine as a writer. Similarly, some
word processors are called "writer", such as
OpenOffice.org Writer and
Nisus Writer.
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