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• Prepared briefs, say
• Became an author
• Dashed off, say
• Was an author
• Crafted a manuscript
• Created, as contracts
• Created a novel
• Put down in words
• Composed prose
• 'Murder, She __'
• "Murder, She __"
• Jotted (down)
• Composed some prose
• Composed; put pen to paper
• Practiced one's penmanship