verbal creation - creating something by the use of speech and language

drafting - writing a first version to be filled out and polished later

dramatisation, dramatization - conversion into dramatic form; "the play was a dramatization of a short story"

fabrication, fictionalisation, fictionalization - writing in a fictional form

metrification - writing a metrical composition (or the metrical strucutre of a composition)

novelisation, novelization - converting something into the form of a novel

redaction - the act of putting something in writing

lexicography - the act of writing dictionaries

versification - the art or practice of writing verse

indite, pen, write, compose - produce a literary work; "She composed a poem"; "He wrote four novels"

write about, write of, write on - write about a particular topic; "Snow wrote about China"

profile - write about; "The author of this article profiles a famous painter"

paragraph - write paragraphs; work as a paragrapher

dash off, fling off, toss off, knock off - write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husdband saying she would not be home for supper"

rewrite - rewrite so as to make fit to suit a new or different purpose; "re-write a play for use in schools"

write copy - write for commercial publications; "She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar"

dramatise, dramatize, adopt - put into dramatic form; "adopt a book for a screenplay"

draft, outline - draw up an outline or sketch for something; "draft a speech"

author - be the author of; "She authored this play"

co-author - be a co-author on (a book, a paper, etc.)

ghostwrite, ghost - write for someone else; "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"

annotate, footnote - add explanatory notes to or supply with critical comments; "The scholar annotated the early edition of a famous novel"

reference, cite - refer to; "he referenced his colleagues' work"

write out, write up - put into writing; write in complete form; "write out a contract"

script - write a script for; "The playwright scripted the movie"

founding, instauration, origination, initiation, innovation, creation, institution, introduction, foundation - the act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"; "he regards the fork as a modern introduction"