A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stories, monographs, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' works are nowadays published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society.
Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, a Spanish writer depicted with the tools of the trade (by Francisco Goya, 1798).
Portrait of Swedo-Finnish writer and poet Zachris Topelius (1818–1898) by Albert Edelfelt
Alexander Pushkin recites his poem before Gavrila Derzhavin (1815)
Composer Richard Wagner, who also wrote the libretti for his works
Writing is the act of creating a persistent representation of human language. A writing system uses a set of symbols and rules to encode aspects of spoken language, such as its lexicon and syntax. However, written language may take on characteristics distinct from those of any spoken language.
The Rosetta Stone, with writing using three different scripts, was instrumental in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs
Olin Levi Warner, tympanum representing Writing, above exterior of main entrance doors, Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington DC, 1896
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Globular envelope with a cluster of accountancy tokens, Uruk period, from Susa – Louvre Museum
