authorial
Authorial is an adjective relating to authors or authorship. It derives from author, which in turn comes from the Latin auctor meaning "founder, promoter, author." In literary and academic usage, authorial describes features connected with the author or the act of authoring, such as authorial voice, authorial intention, or authorial presence.
Authorial voice refers to the recognizable style, attitude, and personality that can be identified as the writer’s
Authorial intention or the author’s intent concerns what the author aimed to communicate or achieve. Critics
The term also appears in discussions of editing and publication, referring to aspects tied to the author’s
In scholarship, authorial considerations are balanced against narratorial reliability, reader interpretation, and contextual analysis. The word