Getting the author's correspondence together.. For example, if you say that you are getting somewhere, you mean that you are making progress, and if you say that something won't get you anywhere, you mean it will not help you to progress at all.
Getting is the present participle of get, implying the action or process of obtaining or achieving something.. The word “getting” comes from the verb “get,” and when forming the present participle or gerund, you double the final consonant after a short vowel.