Writing occupations

In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, visual, or recorded form. The act of creating such a work is called authorship, which means a sculptor, painter, or composer is considered the author of their respective sculptures, paintings, or musical compositions. Although in common usage, the term "author" is often associated specifically with the writer of a book, article, play, or other written work. In cases involving a work for hire, the employer or commissioning party is legally considered the author

right|thumb|250px|A page of a screenplay, showcasing character dialogue, scene transitions, sluglines, and action lines

thumb|upright|''Portrait of the Scribe Mir 'Abd Allah Katib in the Company of a Youth Burnishing Paper'' (Mughal Empire, ca. 1602) A scribe is a person who serves as a professional copyist, especially one who made copies of manuscripts before the invention of automatic printing.

A review is an evaluation of a publication, product, service, or company or a critical take on current affairs in literature, politics or culture. In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indicate its relative merit.

thumb|upright=1.2|Action novelist Tom Clancy at a book signing. A significant part of Clancy's bibliography was provided by ghostwriters after market demand for books under Clancy's name exceeded his ability to produce them.

literature which is derived at least partly from imagination and not presented as a factual account

thumb|Telling a problem to a public scrivener. Istanbul, 1878 thumb|An écrivain public in Chambéry, France thumb|A historical reenactment of a 15th-century scrivener recording the will of a [[man-at-arms]]

professional information communicator

work that an editor does to improve the formatting, style, and accuracy of text

thumb|U.S. President Barack Obama and aides [[Carol Browner, David Axelrod, and Jon Favreau working on a speech in June 2010]]

the study and/or practice of communicating technical information

editor in a press editorial department, publishing house or similar organization who deals with aspects concerning literature and books, especially reviews

screenwriter hired to rewrite an existing script

author who writes in a variety of fields