erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to compose; to put together
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
police drama (television); detective drama
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
considerably; greatly; a lot
magazine; journal; periodical
serialization; serialisation; serial story
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
people; (all) persons; everyone; (arch.) you (usu. plural)
equal; equivalent; equals sign; equality sign; equals (as in "A equals B")
business world; business circles; (the) industry
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
somewhat dangerous; rather risky; a bit dicey; rather amazing; quite good; pretty cool
secret; private; surreptitious
poor piece of work; rubbish; trash
new ground (science, art, etc.); new front; new scope; frontier
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient