What do you do as an author?

Answer 1

Any person who writes texts "authors" them. An author who writes for publication uses many skills and talents to prepare writing, including using or doing:

• imagination, creativity
• researching places and characters
• historical research
• developing a plot
• developing characters
• outlining the story
• writing the story
• editing the story
• rewriting, polishing
• marketing their writing to publishers
• self-publishing

Answer 2

An author writes books.