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[[Image:Edgar Allan Poe.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A [[photograph]] of a [[daguerreotype]] of [[Edgar Allan Poe]] [[1848]], first published [[1880]]]] | [[Image:Edgar Allan Poe.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A [[photograph]] of a [[daguerreotype]] of [[Edgar Allan Poe]] [[1848]], first published [[1880]]]] | ||
[[Image:Charles Baudelaire.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Charles Baudelaire by Étienne Carjat]] (ca. [[1863]])]] | [[Image:Charles Baudelaire.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Charles Baudelaire by Étienne Carjat]] (ca. [[1863]])]] | ||
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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]]. | 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]]. |
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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 certainly 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 -- or literature -- as an art much like the visual arts (see: painting, sculpture, photography), music, craft and performance art (see: drama, theatre, opera, musical).
See also
- Author
- Copywriter
- Ghostwriter
- Hack writer
- List of women writers
- Lists of writers
- Physician writer
- Professional writing
- Style guide
- Writer's voice
- Writing
See also