Collocations for writing - noun

effective
The book aims to teach effective essay writing.

creative, descriptive, imaginative
clear, concise, sharp
academic, critical, editorial (AmE), scientific, technical
essay, feature (esp. AmE), fiction, journal (esp. AmE), letter, novel, prose, report, script, song (usually songwriting)
business, food, history, science, travel, etc.
opinion (esp. AmE)
developmental (AmE)
freelance, professional
student (esp. AmE)
the evaluation of student writing

piece

teach
improve

skills
style
His writing style is well suited to this subject matter.

writing for
the process of writing for publication

writing in
Students do most of their academic writing in English.

writing of
Housman's description of the writing of poetry

a style of writing

put sth in, put sth into
The arrangement was never put into writing.

in writing
This agreement has to be confirmed in writing.

fine, good, great
bad
influential
early, later
His experiences in India influenced his later writings.

ancient, contemporary
Ancient writings reinforce their claims to the land.

published, unpublished
prose
academic, autobiographical, critical, historical, philosophical, political, sacred, scholarly, scientific, theoretical
Christians share some of their sacred writings with the Jews.

popular
collected, selected
Ruskin's collected writings

piece
anthology, collection
an anthology of writing about jazz

read
publish
His writings on the history of art were published by Greenway and Settle.

be about sth, deal with sth
Her early writing was concerned with the French Revolution.

include sth, range
His writings range from ancient to contemporary art.

indicate sth, provide sth, reflect sth, show sth, suggest sth
His writings provide us with a first-hand account of the civil war.
Her writings reflect the breadth of her interests.

influence sb/sth, inspire sb/sth

in … writing
You find more technical words in scientific writing.

through sb's writing
Her influence has been greatest through her writings.

writing about
Her name crops up frequently in writings about the Renaissance.

writing by
a collection of writings by artists

writing for
the composer's fine writing for the piano

writing on
The book is a collection of writings on death by various authors.

do, practise/practice
Every morning the children do writing.

improve

paper
desk

reading and writing

small, tiny
legible, neat
illegible
cursive (esp. AmE), joined-up (BrE)
childish
spidery

have
He has very neat writing.

read
I can't read your writing.

recognize
I didn't recognize the writing.

decipher

in sb's writing
The list was in Elizabeth's writing.