Writer

The term ''writer'' can apply to anyone who creates a writing opus , 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, 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 writer 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). == Alternative uses of "writer" == Practitioners within some specialized fields also use the term "writer" to describe their arts. For instance, advertising creatives, joke -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. A "writer" can also be a machine. For example, court reporters often refer to their stenotype machine as a writer. == See also == *author - a closely-related and overlapping concept *language *lists of authors *style guide *writing *hack writer *List of writers' conferences ==External links== *[http://www.wga.org Writers Guild of America, west] *[http://www.wgae.org Writers Guild of America, east] *[http://www.writersguild.org.uk Writers' Guild of Great Britain] *[http://www.writersguildofcanada.com/ Writers' Guild of Canada] *[http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/ International PEN] Writers Novelists Media occupations Comics writers nds:Schriewer

Writer

''for monetary or personal gain''? I suppose it depends what how you define "personal gain", but I think this is misleading. You probably don't write a diary or a livejournal for personal gain particularly, but I think it makes you a writer. -- User:Tzartzam

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