title: How to Write Your Best Story Ever!: Top Tips and Trade Secrets from the Experts
author:  Christopher Edge 
description: Gr 25A great guide for students interested in developing their creative writing skills. This manual takes prospective writers on a journey to create new worlds and tales, with spelling, grammar, and punctuation tips along the way. The topics are arranged in a manner that allows students to browse and flip through to find whatever interests them most. A range of genre-specific subjects are explored; for example, the chapter "How To Write Your Best Scary Story Ever!" includes tips on how to set the scene and avoid clichs, as well as a word web ("The Language of Horror") with relevant vocabulary (e.g., poisonous, catacombs, macabre). Everything from character development to script writing to genre mash-ups is covered and accompanied by brightly colored cartoon illustrations. The layout can be a bit busy, but overall this is a valuable resource. VERDICT Recommended for elementary classroom collections in need of an accessible introduction to creative writing.Elizabeth Anne Ragain, Springfield Public Schools, MO
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  **A Twist in the Tale**
  
  
  
  
  
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  _By_
  
  
  
  
  
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  _Jeffrey Archer_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # AUTHOR’S NOTE
  
  
  
  
  
  **O** f these twelve short stories, gathered in my travels from Tokyo to
  
  
  Trumpington, ten are based on known incidents – some
  
  
  embellished with considerable license. Only two are totally the result of my
  
  
  own imagination.
  
  
  
  
  
  I would like to thank all those
  
  
  people who allowed me to learn some of their innermost secrets.
  
  
  
  
  
  _J.A. September 1988_
  
  
  
  
  
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  # THE PERFECT MURDER
  
  
  
  
  
  **I** F I hadn’t changed my mind that night I would never have found out
  
  
  the truth.
  
  
  
  
  
  I couldn’t
  
  
  believe that Carla had slept with another man, that she had lied about her
  love
  
  
  for me – and that I might be second or even third in her affections.
  
  
  
  
  
  Carla had
  
  
  phoned me at the office during the day, something I had told her not to do,
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  since I also warned her never to call me at home she hadn’t been left with a
  
  
  lot of choice. As it