Write It Right covers everyday tasks and academic writing, offering user-friendly advice on how students can make the most of simple, practical methods for tackling essays and longer pieces of work. Divided into ten sections, this guide can be used either as a course book or for individual use. Each section is informed by one or more essential ideas about how to write well.
A very good book if you're just about to go to university. Since I'm out the other side of undergrad and into postgrad work, it was less helpful for me -- particularly because I've been taught by one of the authors, so I've encountered most of the advice before. The section on how to structure an essay can definitely be a bit too rigid a framework, even if Martin Coyle himself is marking it, but it does make a good start for planning an essay.
This is actually my sister's copy, and she's just starting medical sciences, so it's not just relevant/useful for English Lit: this was recommended reading on her course, too.
Read this book if you are completing a degree or pursuing academics. It is entirely helpful, and a reminder of a writing standard that isn’t explicitly taught at higher level education. There are elements that appear redundant or dull, but, you would be surprised how important finer details are.