Student's Guide to Writing Economics Book

This book was not really helpful for me.

First of, I'm not an American, so the academe system is not really the same as the one spoken of in the "Write to the Top!". Of course, basic, fundamental things are the same, sure, but still.

I truly believe that even though I'd be living and working in the States, this book won't really be helpful.

In a way, you could read any writer's guide of how to be productive, creative and actually do the deed. Nothing really makes this book academic in a way I understand the term.

All the credibility as an academic guide was lost for me when the author duo referenced Wikipedia, which, at least in my European University is considered a very crude, un-academic thing to do.

Sure, I suppose, the authors believe the target group is aware of different methodologies there are in different fields of studies, do know how to make references, create table of contents and actually acquire study data. So, supposedly, all that is actually discussed here is how to sit and write. You just sit there and do it. The only academic thing about that is - one is sitting in one's faculty.

In comparison, Umberto Eco's guide of how to write a thesis paper was way more helpful... Sure, it was more oriented towards the students. Although this book, too, was supposedly meant not only for professors of all kinds, but also for students. Still, rather useless for me.

Also, one could sum up the whole book in the most used words through-out the book:
foci
prolific
idiosyncrasy
synergy
academe and variations of academic
writing.

And that's it.