Manuscript and Work

Manuscript

Manuscript noun - Writing done by hand.

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Work and manuscript are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Work" instead a noun "Manuscript".

Work noun - A literary, musical, or artistic production.

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Manuscript and work are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Manuscript" instead a noun "Work".

Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker

known	known manuscript	known work
old	old manuscript	old work
better	better manuscript	better work
current	current manuscript	current work
Other adjectives: original, single, actual, entire, real, great, important, new, early, final, fictional, next, last, latest, greatest, different.

Her editor gave her the idea to work on TKAM instead, because he liked the flashbacks to Scout's childhood, and the manuscript was supposedly lost for years.

Source: Literature / Go Set a Watchman
Also, when Kubrick did The Shining, the scene wherein we see Jack's manuscript, and all we see is "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." typed over and over again?

Source: Doing It For The Art / Film
Some have speculated this has much to do with the manuscript's origins as being that of a student taking notes for private study, rather than being the work of a master.

Source: Useful Notes / European Swordsmanship

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