Authorship

n.	1.	The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
	2.	Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.

Noun	1.	authorship - the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship" Synonyms: penning, writing, composition
	2.	authorship - the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" Synonyms: paternity

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