A Writer's Handbook - Second Edition
Developing Writing Skills for University Students
Description
Written collaboratively by writing instructors at Queen’s University, A Writer’s Handbook, second edition, is a compact yet thorough guide to academic writing for a North American audience.
Written for interdisciplinary use, this clear and concise handbook outlines strategies both for thinking assignments through and for writing them well.
Reviews
"This new edition of A Writer's Handbook continues to provide excellent, comprehensive advice on how best to develop writing skills for university students. Everything is here, clearly and concisely laid out in a user-friendly manner that will appeal to student and teacher alike. A collaborative effort by experienced and gifted writing teachers that is skillfully edited and assembled, it's a practical, easy-to-follow guide you'll find yourself consulting again and again. "
- Michael Hurley
"I will use this text in all my courses—from my first-year writing classes all the way to my 'Advanced Writing for Graduate Students' course! My students will find A Writer’s Handbook immediately helpful; it makes sense of what professors often fail to explain but expect students to know and perform effortlessly. "
- Caroline L. Eisner