Here are some top tips to help guide younger writers while they compose their submission for The Story with 100 Endings.

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Young children often have brilliant ideas – they just need a little help to shape them into a story.

Whether you’re a parent, carer or teacher, the best support is gentle and practical: keep the child’s voice at the centre, make space for play, and turn big imagination into clear sentences.

Try these four tips to help them create an ending they’re proud to submit.

Tip 1: Talk it out first

Start with a chat, not a blank page. Ask simple, open questions: What do you think the moving thing is? Where does it go? What happens at the very end?

Let the child answer in their own words, and follow their lead –........

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