The St. Martin's Guide to Writing

I like the book as it goes into areas that I might not think of and creates ideas to use, it was required for my critical thinking class but I do have to caution that as good as the book is, you still need a good teacher to show you what the book can't and as English teachers tend to have conflicts of opinion as to how to write an essay, if they don't accept what the last teacher taught, it's useless.

Great source of info, will keep as ref. book. The book has examples and info for every thing that you may write.

I am a teacher of writing at middle school. I use this text book myself to pull-out parts of the included essays as models for my students. The organization and information about how writers think and go through the writing proccess is very helpful to students who think they cannot write ot hate writing. (There is not ONE WAY to go through the writing process, despite what most of our teacher trainings will tell us.) The many quotes about the writing process spark good discussions and free up students to realize that even published authors re-work and revise constantly. This is not a technical book, but is recommended for a more holistic approach to thinking about how to write and how to improve your written communication. Also this book helps teachers who have read and use the methods of "In The Middle" with many authentic pieces of writing, beyond what is in that book.

My teacher didnot really use it, but it did help me a lot on the essays i had to do. I would recommed this book especially to students wanting to get that A.

This book came to me in pretty good shape. I was impressed with how quickly it arrived to my house. The book was slightly used but it was at a good price and it served it's purpose.