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A Human Writer is a human person who creates written artifacts (employing writing ability to complete writing tasks).
- AKA: Wordsmith.
- Context:
- It can typically produce Written Works through cognitive processes and manual transcription.
- It can typically develop writing styles through continuous practice and educational experience.
- It can typically utilize language elements including vocabulary, grammar, and syntax.
- It can typically communicate ideas through prose, poetry, and structured text.
- It can typically express emotions, thoughts, and perspectives through written medium.
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- It can often possess specialized knowledge in subject matter, genre conventions, and audience expectations.
- It can often improve writing quality through drafting processes, revision techniques, and feedback integration.
- It can often collaborate with other writers, editors, and publishers to enhance final text.
- It can often research factual information, historical events, and scientific concepts to inform written content.
- It can often adapt voice and tone for different writing contexts and target audiences.
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- It can range from being a Novice Human Writer to being an Expert Human Writer, depending on its skill level.
- It can range from being a Casual Human Writer to being a Professional Human Writer, depending on its career commitment.
- It can range from being a Technical Human Writer to being a Creative Human Writer, depending on its writing purpose.
- It can range from being a Prescriptive Human Writer to being a Descriptive Human Writer, depending on its linguistic approach.
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- It can have Writing Tools including writing implements, word processors, and note-taking systems.
- It can utilize writing methods like outlining, free writing, and structured composition.
- It can develop writing skills through formal education, self-study, and experiential learning.
- It can employ writing processes involving planning stages, drafting phases, and revision cycles.
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- It can be Published Human Writer during distribution processes.
- It can be Collaborative Human Writer within team writing projects.
- It can be Recognized Human Writer when literary achievements are acknowledged.
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- Examples:
- Human Writer Categories, such as:
- Creative Human Writers, such as:
- Novelist who creates extended fictional narratives.
- Poet who composes structured verse and lyrical expressions.
- Playwright who writes dramatic dialogue for theatrical performance.
- Screenwriter who develops visual narratives for film medium.
- Professional Human Writers, such as:
- Journalist who reports on current events and newsworthy topics.
- Technical Writer who documents complex processes and specialized information.
- Copywriter who creates persuasive content for marketing purposes.
- Speech Writer who crafts oral presentations for public speakers.
- Creative Human Writers, such as:
- Human Writer Purposes, such as:
- Informational Human Writers, such as:
- Academic Human Writer who produces scholarly work for educational institutions.
- Scientific Human Writer who communicates research findings for scientific community.
- Persuasive Human Writers, such as:
- Opinion Columnist who presents argumentative positions on social issues.
- Grant Writer who creates funding proposals for organizational needs.
- Informational Human Writers, such as:
- Human Writer Specializations, such as:
- Subject Matter Human Writers, such as:
- Science Fiction Human Writer who explores technological speculation and future scenarios.
- Historical Human Writer who researches and portrays past events and historical figures.
- Format-Focused Human Writers, such as:
- Blogger who produces regular online content for digital audiences.
- Essayist who crafts structured arguments and personal reflections.
- Subject Matter Human Writers, such as:
- Rationalist Writers, such as:
- Blog-Focused Rationalist Writers, such as:
- Scott Alexander who maintains Slate Star Codex and Astral Codex Ten.
- Eliezer Yudkowsky who founded LessWrong and authored The Sequences.
- Research-Focused Rationalist Writers, such as:
- Nick Bostrom who directs Future of Humanity Institute and studies existential risk.
- Stuart Armstrong who researches AI safety and decision theory.
- Blog-Focused Rationalist Writers, such as:
- Human Writer Instances, such as:
- William Shakespeare (1600), during major tragedy production.
- Jane Austen (1813), with Pride and Prejudice publication.
- Ernest Hemingway (1926), with minimalist prose development.
- Virginia Woolf (1927), during stream of consciousness exploration.
- Gabriel García Márquez (1967), with magical realism advancement.
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- Human Writer Categories, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Automated Text Generation Systems, which create written output through algorithmic processes rather than human cognition.
- Human Speakers, who communicate through oral expression rather than written medium.
- Human Visual Artists, who express ideas through image creation rather than written text.
- Human Readers, who consume and interpret written works rather than produce them.
- Human Editors, who refine and modify existing text rather than primarily creating original content.
- See: Person, Written Artifact, Writing Process, Author, Literature, Publishing System, Communication Medium, Language System, Linguistic Expression, Creativity.
References
2015
- (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/writer Retrieved:2015-9-13.
- A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays and essays as well as various utilitarian forms such as reports and news articles. Writers' texts are published across a 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. [1] The word is also used elsewhere in the arts – such as songwriter – but as a standalone term, "writer" normally refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media – for example, graphics or illustration – to enhance the communication of their ideas. Another recent demand has been created by civil and government readers for the work of non-fictional technical writers, whose skills create understandable, interpretive documents of a practical or scientific nature. Some writers may use images (drawing, painting, graphics) or multimedia to augment their writing. In rare instances, creative writers are able to communicate their ideas via music as well as words. [2] As well as producing their own written works, writers often write on how they write (that is, the process they use); why they write (that is, their motivation); and also comment on the work of other writers (criticism). [3] Writers work professionally or non-professionally, that is, for payment or without payment and may be paid either in advance (or on acceptance), or only after their work is published. Payment is only one of the motivations of writers and many are never paid for their work.
The term writer is often used as a synonym of author, although the latter term has a somewhat broader meaning and is used to convey legal responsibility for a piece of writing, even if its composition is anonymous, unknown or collaborative.
- A writer is a person who uses written words in various styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce various forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, poetry, plays, screenplays and essays as well as various utilitarian forms such as reports and news articles. Writers' texts are published across a 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. [1] The word is also used elsewhere in the arts – such as songwriter – but as a standalone term, "writer" normally refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media – for example, graphics or illustration – to enhance the communication of their ideas. Another recent demand has been created by civil and government readers for the work of non-fictional technical writers, whose skills create understandable, interpretive documents of a practical or scientific nature. Some writers may use images (drawing, painting, graphics) or multimedia to augment their writing. In rare instances, creative writers are able to communicate their ideas via music as well as words. [2] As well as producing their own written works, writers often write on how they write (that is, the process they use); why they write (that is, their motivation); and also comment on the work of other writers (criticism). [3] Writers work professionally or non-professionally, that is, for payment or without payment and may be paid either in advance (or on acceptance), or only after their work is published. Payment is only one of the motivations of writers and many are never paid for their work.
- ↑ [A compilation of the bibliographies and short biographies of notable authors up to 1974.]
- ↑ Nobel prize winner Rabindranath Tagore is an example.
- ↑ Jonathan Franzen, for example, criticised John Updike for being "exquisitely preoccupied with his own literary digestive processes … and his "lack of interest in the bigger postwar, postmodern, socio-technological picture"