1. manuscript - Noun
2. manuscript - Adjective
Written with or by the hand; not printed; as, a manuscript volume.
A literary or musical composition written with the hand, as distinguished from a printed copy.
Writing, as opposed to print; as, the book exists only in manuscript.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor. Ring Lardner
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. Samuel Johnson
The ordinary man looking at a mountain is like an illiterate person confronted with a Greek manuscript. Aleister Crowley
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. Kiran Desai
Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it-whole-heartedly-and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings. Arthur Quiller-Couch
I thought it was amazing to work with authors, to get a manuscript and try to make up a cover for it. Dick Bruna