authorship

authorship
    n 1: the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of
         therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"
         [syn: {writing}, {authorship}, {composition}, {penning}]
    2: the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the
       authorship of the theory is disputed" [syn: {authorship},
       {paternity}]
    

Authorship \Au"thor*ship\, n.
   1. The quality or state of being an author; function or
      dignity of an author.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book
      or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
      [1913 Webster]
    

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "authorship":
      artistry, authorcraft, automatic writing, beginning,
      cacoethes scribendi, coinage, composition, conception, concoction,
      contrivance, contriving, creation, creative effort,
      creative writing, devising, drama-writing, editorial-writing,
      essay-writing, expository writing, fabrication,
      facility in writing, feature-writing, generation, graphomania,
      graphorrhea, graphospasm, hatching, improvisation, inditement,
      invention, journalism, libretto-writing, literary artistry,
      literary composition, literary power, literary production,
      literary talent, making do, mintage, novel-writing, origination,
      pen, pencraft, playwriting, ready pen, rewriting,
      short-story writing, skill with words, technical writing,
      verse-writing, writing