The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing (Essential Resource Library)

Essential tool for reference

Excellent book

It took long time to reach but the seller responded promptly. The language is of high level. Buy only if you want to read and write effectively. Not good for writing fiction. It does not describe how to write fiction.

Amazing book to improve your skills on writing.

Poor quality

Not very well

I use this book in writing lectures.

This book taught me a lot about writing. Having read the whole thing and done the exercises, my approach to and proficiency at writing have noticeably improved. It is very thorough too, covering a wide range of aspects and types of writing (I'm focused on non-fiction but there's some great stuff on fiction, too). This book (and putting in the work to study it) has given me a set of much appreciated new tools and a better understanding of the craft. Like taking a course. Great book. I'll continue to use it for reference.

Wow - what detail. Paragraphs, sentences, clauses...You may benefit more from this is you have at least a partial understanding of grammar but I found it fascinating - It might come across as a bit old-fashioned and certainly not the most sparky of tomes for the copy-writer but it's solid and methodical and has all the right information for the writer who wants to express their ideas/opinions/facts in the best possible way.

Informative guide to thoughtful writing. Some of the content is slightly outdated (writing conventions are changing so quickly now that we spend so much time writing and reading online), but the basic concepts are solid and will help you think more clearly and purposefully about your writing—professional or personal, fiction or non-fiction. I'm a copyeditor, so I'm using Kane's advice to improve others' writing, and I still find it very helpful.

Oxford always comes through with reference books that you need. I love to read and some day I would love to write so I'm always looking for reference books to guide me in that endeavor. The Essential Guide to Writing is such a book, it's concise, never embellishes and never fails to give you guidance to your pressing need right when you need it.