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writing

A subject in school where you write stories and poems. She is taking a class in creative writing.

writing

(= authorship) the act of creating written works writing was a form of therapy for him it was a matter of disputed authorship (= piece of writing) the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) the writing in her novels is excellent that editorial was a fine piece of writing (usually plural) the collected work of an author the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show the doctor's writing was illegible the activity of putting something in written form she did the thinking while he did the writing

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Simple sentences

Are you writing a letter?
Writing news stories is his job.
I am writing a letter.
I'm writing a letter.
He never stopped writing.
What am I writing now?
All writing systems have advantages and disadvantages.
I'm now writing a letter to my Chinese teacher.
I'm writing my will.
We learn by writing.
I'm writing a letter to my daughter.
I'm writing a letter to Mary.
I utterly despise formal writing!
There was always too much superfluous writing in his essays.
The true secret of writing a good letter is to write as if you were talking.
Dr. Hawking had almost finished writing a book.
For Hawking, writing this book was not easy.
Pens and pencils are examples of writing tools.
I've just finished writing a letter.
That will save me the trouble of writing to him.
During that winter, writing occupied most of my free time.
Put that in writing.
I am writing a study of the French Revolution.
Is Jimmy writing a letter?

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They would have the most to gain from writing them.
Your employee's carelessness subjected me to personal derision, not to mention the writing was amateur.
You should worry about the King, instead of writing unimportant letters.
We're going to close the deal in writing.for better or for worse!
I'll put writing paper in the hotel, and next year if you behave yourselves, I'll put in envelopes.
But, sir, we cannot stop the murderer from writing letters!
If you had to do it, why didn't you tell it to her instead of writing?
Believe it or not, in my spare time, I'm now writing a play.
That is, until I finish writing my play.
I've come to ask you point blank what you mean by writing me these letters.
I cannot read the writing of a period so remote.
Hey, what are you writing there?
We observed that Mabuse's hand continuously made writing motions in the air, on the wall and on the bedspread.
Couldn't Mabuse be writing these things as a sort of blueprint for a gang of accomplices?
I don't understand why you stopped writing me.
They were also writing an appeal to the people.
And besides, they've been writing insulting notes.
Why didn't you tell it to her instead of writing?
Until I finish writing my play.
I'm writing one of them scenarios.
Want it in writing?
Do you have a table where I could finish writing my report?
What faith I ever had in my writing was to be by you.
You'll see how I work at my writing.
Writing a story in Monsley Pass isn't easy.
I told her to stop writing me.
You writing a book?
You think that's possible? They would have the most to gain from writing them.
You should take care more of the king, instead of writing letters of no importance.
To whom are you writing?
I'm writing to mother.
Throw it in the basket and remember, once and for all: writing notes is strictly forbidden. - Thank you!
Why do you guys always try to be sensational and make reputations for yourselves by writing cheap, nasty drivel at the expense of other people?
Honey, a couple of boys and myself are writing our own show.
We're writing in a little dance tune for you.
What I said about. never writing another line for you still goes.
I just finished writing a book, Warren.

News and current affairs

France, by contrast, does not appear to have noticed the writing on the wall.
I am writing you in the hope that you will take time from your busy schedule as Israel's acting Prime Minister to hear one Palestinian's hopes.
In all of these revisions, Russia survives, despite the writing on its economic wall.
Worse than that, at least until recently, a committee evaluating an economist would likely think that writing a popular economics book that does not repeat the received wisdom of the discipline might even be professionally unethical.
Intellectuals, journalists, and politicians are now saying and writing things about Japan's role in the world that were unthinkable a decade ago.
Though Taylor maintained that he tried to tell the truth in his historical writing, he was quite ready to spin the facts for a good cause.
Even simple methods, like writing down and challenging every assumption on which a company has based its strategy, can yield valuable insights.
Maybe capitalism works better when skeptics restrain its excesses than when true believers are writing, interpreting, judging, and executing the rules of the game.
As a novelist, when writing in Turkish I can encounter more than eight different words to stand for the headscarf.
This is an important point that seems to be missed in the current European debate about institution building and constitution writing.
Europe can take the lead in writing ethics back into politics.
For Europe to turn down Turkey would be tantamount to writing ourselves out of any serious script in global affairs.
Indeed, there is something of a taboo on writing about Tsarukyan, and with good reason: not only is he rich, but also he controls an army of obedient skinheads.
The North Koreans lied in writing not only to the United States, which it has done repeatedly in the past, but also to China, Russia, Japan, and South Korea.
She listens and builds a story, before writing it down.
Yet nothing could be further from the truth: knowledge workers continually toil outside the traditional office, checking their email, updating spreadsheets, writing reports, and engaging in collective brainstorming.
No one in America is even writing about this or taking much notice because few care about those who are in the US illegally.
All we know as of this writing is that a deal would probably involve cuts in near-term spending, meaning weaker growth and higher unemployment over the next 18 months.
People who are not paying attention and are just not active will simply remain in the plan, while those who want badly enough to opt out can do so by writing a letter.
Writing down former borrowers' debt may be slightly more effective in producing the old pattern of demand, but it will probably not restore it to the pre-crisis level.
After that return to sanity, it was hard to convict someone for political speech or writing in Britain.
In free countries, every citizen has the right to say what he or she wants, believe what he or she wants, and criticize or mock what he or she wants - in writing, drawings, or any other form of peaceful expression.
Certain Chinese scholars are now writing about the decline of the US, with one identifying the year 2000 as the peak of American power.
For example, legal scholar Cao Siyuan began writing on, lobbying for, and organizing conferences about constitutional reform.
When Herzen was writing his words, Moscow was not only busy successfully putting down the Poles, reasserting its rule there for another half-century, but also, together with China, carving up Central Asia, known then as Turkestan.
As the National People's Congress was meeting, Dr. Jiang broke his silence by writing a long, heartfelt appeal to the leaders of China.
Such optimistic views were re-enforced when Chinese intellectuals--even some official scholars--began writing and speaking out in favor of re-evaluating controversial Party verdicts on historical incidents (such as the Tiananmen Square massacre).

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