Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers

by Lynn Quitman Troyka

A self-instruction manual and reference book for academic, personal, business, and public audience writing. Coverage includes writing college-level essays, source-based arguments, and research papers; thinking and reading critically; using documentation style correctly; designing documents; writing for the Web; writing about literature; writing for business; creating oral presentations; taking essay tests; and using correct grammar, punctuation, and mechanics correctly. Anyone looking to succeed and fulfill their potential in writing.

Genres: Reference, Writing, Nonfiction, Textbooks, School, Language, Philosophy

740 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Mikayla Jacobs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Im very excited to use what i learned from this book.

[Bee Kapitan]

This book I picked up today from my local second hand store.

I like the back of this hardcover, that must be intended for secondary education. It reads...

Using this book will not only help you succeed as a writer, but will also help you fulfill your potential in all academic, workplace, and public settings.

Sign me up. I needed help with this weeks UBC's writing homework assignment.

Thick and full of visuals, I think this book can deliver on it's promises.

[Juliana Es]

Mine is actually the Eighth Edition.

[Constantine]

First Canadian Edition--by Troyka, Buckley, Gates

[Dennis Casinillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m a Filipino, who is now studying as a teacher major in English. I consider myself to be one of the luckiest people to have this book. I remember a friend, Marry Rinnert from Arkansas, a corps volunteer gave it to me back when I was in elementary on my birthday.
She asked me what kind of gift would I be pleased to have and I said a book in English, because I want to be a great writer someday. Fortunately she gave two of it this one and the other one (The Little Brown Handbook-6th edition, “includes 1995 MLA Guidelines)
Well, the book is so great. It has a clear and elaborate explanation with exercises after the topic. It’s like a dictionary of a writer and student trying to be a great writer like me.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nearly indispensable when citing sources, creating an annotated bibliography, formatting a paper, or a myriad of other tasks associated with writing papers or other forms of media. I, for one, am lost without it.

[Valerie · Rating 4 out of 5]

very helpful.

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every writer should have a copy of this book handy --as it includes topics on basic grammar (the stuff we all forget) and it shares formats on how to organize the information into papers.

[sologdin · Rating 1 out of 5]

similar to The Bedford Handbook, very philistine, worthy of class time only to beat it up.