Definitions of writing:

• noun:   the activity of putting something in written form

  Example: "She did the thinking while he did the writing"

• noun:   the act of creating written works

  Example: "Writing was a form of therapy for him"

• noun:   letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language

  Example: "He turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"

• noun:   the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)

  Example: "The writing in her novels is excellent"

• noun:   (usually plural) the collected work of an author

  Example: "The idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"