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Only a few days left! To help you cross over that finished line, acclaimed author Lucy Christopher is here with her top tips ...

What would be your five top tips to budding writers?

1. Read a lot.

2. Live a lot.

3. Meet and talk to a lot of people.

4. Walk a lot.

5. Write a lot.

For those hoping to take part in NaNoWriMo or enter the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition, what would be your best tip for writing something every day?

Make it fun! Play with your writing. And always stop your writing for the day while you still have things to say, and it's still fun – it'll make you more willing to go back to it tomorrow.

Enter the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition to be in with a chance of winning a £10k publishing contract!