Manuscript
noun
Handwritten or typed piece of work, especially a book or play before it is published.
The editor received the author's first draft of the manuscript.
Often appears as...
- submit the manuscript
- edit the manuscript
Usage tips
Literary,Academic
noun
Old document written by hand before the invention of printing.
The ancient Greek manuscript was discovered in a monastery.
Often appears as...
- ancient manuscript
- original manuscript
Usage tips
Historical,Literary,Academic
noun
Handwritten or typed piece of work, especially a book or play before it is published.
The editor received the author's first draft of the manuscript.
Often appears as...
- submit the manuscript
- edit the manuscript
Usage tips
Literary,Academic
noun
Old document written by hand before the invention of printing.
The ancient Greek manuscript was discovered in a monastery.
Often appears as...
- ancient manuscript
- original manuscript
Usage tips
Historical,Literary,Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Before Publication
Manuscript refers to a work's format before becoming a public document like a book.
Only a handful of people have seen the manuscript before the novel hit the shelves.
Pro Tip 2/3Editing Process
A manuscript often undergoes extensive editing and revision during its development.
The manuscript went through three rounds of edits before submission.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Touch
Manuscripts have an intimate quality since they may contain author notes or corrections.
The manuscript included the writer's doodles in the margins.
Pro Tip 1/3Before Publication
Manuscript refers to a work's format before becoming a public document like a book.
Only a handful of people have seen the manuscript before the novel hit the shelves.
Pro Tip 2/3Editing Process
A manuscript often undergoes extensive editing and revision during its development.
The manuscript went through three rounds of edits before submission.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Touch
Manuscripts have an intimate quality since they may contain author notes or corrections.
The manuscript included the writer's doodles in the margins.
Pro Tip 1/3Before Publication
Manuscript refers to a work's format before becoming a public document like a book.
Only a handful of people have seen the manuscript before the novel hit the shelves.
Pro Tip 2/3Editing Process
A manuscript often undergoes extensive editing and revision during its development.
The manuscript went through three rounds of edits before submission.
Pro Tip 3/3Personal Touch
Manuscripts have an intimate quality since they may contain author notes or corrections.
The manuscript included the writer's doodles in the margins.
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He purchased the manuscript from the cash-strapped priest at the college, and eventually brought it to the U.S., where experts have continued to puzzle over it for more than a century. Cryptologists say the writing has all the characteristics of a real language, just one that no one's ever seen before. What makes it seem real is that in actual languages,
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So I just lifted my face up from the manuscript and I directed my comments to an empty corner of the room. And I said aloud, "Listen you, thing, you and I both know that if this book isn't brilliant that is not entirely my fault, right? Because you can see that I am putting everything I have into this, I don't have any more than this.
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Your elusive creative...
open air and I I tried it so I just lifted my face up from the manuscript and I directed my comments to an empty corner of the room and I said aloud listen you thing you and I both know that if this book isn't brilliant that is not entirely my fault right because you can see that I am putting everything I have into this
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The "Joy" of "Upside...
wrote it I woke up with this melody in my head and I you know went rifling around my room for some manuscript paper and found some and within three minutes a song had been born and you'll hear it's a very simple little melody and so I'm just very thankful that these things happen during sleep and for you math
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It's a sizable chunk of human culture. There's much more in there's manuscripts, there newspapers, there's things that are not text, like art and paintings. These all happen to be on our computers, on computers across the world. And when that happens, that will transform the way we have
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which defeats even the strongest knights. Or it could represent humility, and a knight’s need to vanquish his own pride. Many illuminated manuscripts were copies of religious or classical texts, and the bookmakers incorporated their own ideas and opinions in illustrations.
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deciphering the Codex today the conjurations seem to support the theory of a lone scribe a single monk atoning for his sins penning the most ambitious book of his time but the question remains how could such an eerily flawless manuscript exist
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people inside they don't stop you they just let you pass on back that was our strategy they enlist the support of village chiefs stash the manuscripts in various houses right on the river bank and then boat men go up the river making
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If you want a glimpse of Marie Curie's manuscripts, you'll have to sign a waiver and put on protective gear to shield yourself from radiation contamination. Madame Curie's remains, too, were interred in a lead-lined coffin,
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William Noel: Revealing...
If you process the same two images in a different way, you can actually get rid of the prayer book text. And this is terribly important, because the diagrams in the manuscript are the unique source for the diagrams
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The world’s most...
He purchased the manuscript from the cash-strapped priest at the college, and eventually brought it to the U.S., where experts have continued to puzzle over it for more than a century. Cryptologists say the writing has all the characteristics of a real language, just one that no one's ever seen before. What makes it seem real is that in actual languages,
Video examples
Your elusive creative...
So I just lifted my face up from the manuscript and I directed my comments to an empty corner of the room. And I said aloud, "Listen you, thing, you and I both know that if this book isn't brilliant that is not entirely my fault, right? Because you can see that I am putting everything I have into this, I don't have any more than this.
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Your elusive creative...
open air and I I tried it so I just lifted my face up from the manuscript and I directed my comments to an empty corner of the room and I said aloud listen you thing you and I both know that if this book isn't brilliant that is not entirely my fault right because you can see that I am putting everything I have into this
Video examples
The "Joy" of "Upside...
wrote it I woke up with this melody in my head and I you know went rifling around my room for some manuscript paper and found some and within three minutes a song had been born and you'll hear it's a very simple little melody and so I'm just very thankful that these things happen during sleep and for you math
Video examples
What we learned from 5...
It's a sizable chunk of human culture. There's much more in there's manuscripts, there newspapers, there's things that are not text, like art and paintings. These all happen to be on our computers, on computers across the world. And when that happens, that will transform the way we have
Video examples
What is a butt tuba and...
which defeats even the strongest knights. Or it could represent humility, and a knight’s need to vanquish his own pride. Many illuminated manuscripts were copies of religious or classical texts, and the bookmakers incorporated their own ideas and opinions in illustrations.
Video examples
Exorcising the Devil PIPE...
deciphering the Codex today the conjurations seem to support the theory of a lone scribe a single monk atoning for his sins penning the most ambitious book of his time but the question remains how could such an eerily flawless manuscript exist
Video examples
The Timbuktu Job PIPE...
people inside they don't stop you they just let you pass on back that was our strategy they enlist the support of village chiefs stash the manuscripts in various houses right on the river bank and then boat men go up the river making
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The genius of Marie...
If you want a glimpse of Marie Curie's manuscripts, you'll have to sign a waiver and put on protective gear to shield yourself from radiation contamination. Madame Curie's remains, too, were interred in a lead-lined coffin,
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William Noel: Revealing...
If you process the same two images in a different way, you can actually get rid of the prayer book text. And this is terribly important, because the diagrams in the manuscript are the unique source for the diagrams
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William T. Vollmann
American Novelist
So far, I've never missed a deadline for a term paper, a review, a manuscript. I perform the mumbo-jumbo of voting with belief in my heart, I've not yet won even a jaywalking ticket, and unlike my father, whom I fault in this respect, I refrain from opting out of jury duty; instead, they mostly kick me out.
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Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
When you hear composer, you think, like, Beethoven: guy in a powdered wig, at a piano, furiously scribbling on manuscript paper. That's not the only image that a composer should bring up, you know. But that's kind of what we've said it is.
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Jami Attenberg
American Author
I didn't go to graduate school, where all the important writers seemed to be getting their start. I didn't pursue getting published in literary magazines. I didn't even send out countless pitch letters and manuscripts to agents.
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Kiran Desai
Indian Author
When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address of publishers on the backs of the books she owned and send off her manuscript.
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Maria Konnikova
American Writer
Of course, authors can still burn their manuscripts - but once something is out in the world, especially if it ever saw the digital light of day, it's harder and harder to call it back.
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Erik Larson
American Author
I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself - kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood.
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Gayle Lynds
American Author
I've seen unpublished manuscripts where the writer doesn't know they are making fun of the villain - but they are. If you aren't afraid of your villain, how can your hero be afraid?
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Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.
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Heather Brooke
American Journalist
Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three.
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Stephen King
Author
I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.
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William T. Vollmann
American Novelist
So far, I've never missed a deadline for a term paper, a review, a manuscript. I perform the mumbo-jumbo of voting with belief in my heart, I've not yet won even a jaywalking ticket, and unlike my father, whom I fault in this respect, I refrain from opting out of jury duty; instead, they mostly kick me out.
Quote examples
Rhiannon Giddens
American Musician
When you hear composer, you think, like, Beethoven: guy in a powdered wig, at a piano, furiously scribbling on manuscript paper. That's not the only image that a composer should bring up, you know. But that's kind of what we've said it is.
Quote examples
Jami Attenberg
American Author
I didn't go to graduate school, where all the important writers seemed to be getting their start. I didn't pursue getting published in literary magazines. I didn't even send out countless pitch letters and manuscripts to agents.
Quote examples
Kiran Desai
Indian Author
When I was growing up the publishing world seemed so far away. When my mother wrote a book, she would look up the address of publishers on the backs of the books she owned and send off her manuscript.
Quote examples
Maria Konnikova
American Writer
Of course, authors can still burn their manuscripts - but once something is out in the world, especially if it ever saw the digital light of day, it's harder and harder to call it back.
Quote examples
Erik Larson
American Author
I don't listen to music when I write, but I do turn on appropriate music when I read portions of my manuscripts back to myself - kind of like adding a soundtrack to help shape mood.
Quote examples
Gayle Lynds
American Author
I've seen unpublished manuscripts where the writer doesn't know they are making fun of the villain - but they are. If you aren't afraid of your villain, how can your hero be afraid?
Quote examples
Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
The question of manuscript changes is very important for literary criticism, the psychology of creation and other aspects of the study of literature.
Quote examples
Heather Brooke
American Journalist
Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three.
Quote examples
Stephen King
Author
I never saw any of my dad's stories. My mother said he had piles and piles of manuscripts.
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