Academic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students

This is a book for real students, people with full and active lives. Academic Writing Now: A Brief Guide for Busy Students covers the basics of the introductory college writing course in a concise, student-friendly format. Each chapter concentrates on a crucial element of composing an academic essay and is capable of being read in a single sitting. The book also includes numerous “timesaver tips,” along with warnings about frequent student errors―all designed to help students make the most of one of their most limited and precious resources: time.

David Starkey is Professor of English at Santa Barbara City College, where he currently is Director of both Composition and Creative Writing. He is editor of Teaching Writing Creatively and Genre By Example: Writing What We Teach and author of Creative Writing: Four Genres in Brief, one of the best-selling introductory creative-writing textbooks in North America.