The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing (Essential Resource Library) Mass Market Paperback – July 1, 2000

If you have heard of prose and love to write, read this book. I have read it once and am currently reading it again, slowly. I like the part on sentence formation. It even discusses mimetic rhythm. Grammar books might not seem like a lot of fun to read, even for writers, however I find reading this book to be enjoyable. It is full of great quotes and gives valuable insight to writing. If you want to improve your skills, you will enjoy reading this book. It is one of my top five books I have read, and that means I enjoyed it as much as a handful of classics. I discovered the author G. K. Chesterton while reading this book, a historical master of witty/fun prose, and I also highly recommend it (the book) often, to others.

This little book covers a wide range of topics on the writing experience. It is a useful resource to be used in the classroom, at home or in the office. I would recommend it to college students as a great reference tool for use during their writing courses.

I read through this book very quickly, so excuse my grammar but, I found its contents very easy to comprehend, and the book includes several excerpts from classic authors books, and the professionals in different areas of the writing industry. I'll read through some areas of the book and always keep it on hand for reference. "The Oxford Essential Guide to Writing", is definitely a great buy!

Perfect size and chock full of valuable information for anyone aspiring to be an author, editor, or who just want their writings to be polished and professional. The price is really great for this resource too. I'm really glad I purchased it.

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 Some of the content is slightly outdated (writing conventions are changing so quickly now that we spend so much time writing and reading online), but the basic concepts are solid and will help you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.

A shame publishers need to use such a small font to save on cost of pages printed.

My daughter had to have this for a writing class she took her Senior year in high school. She liked it so much she kept it and took it to college. Her younger sister is now using it and loves it. The conversational style of Kane's writing makes composition much more enjoyable. It has been a wonderful resource.