This September, Emme Muñiz, Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony's 12-year-old daughter, will have her first book out into the world. Titled Lord Help Me (Crown Books for Young Readers/Random House Children's Books), the picture book was inspired by her concern for endangered animals and her relationship with prayer. Muñiz has said that she wrote the book to help raise money to save sloths. While getting a book published in India if you're remotely famous, irrespective of your age, is nothing new, how do children navigate the literary world as writers? The answer includes access, originality, encouragement and hard work, experts say.

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In the 4th grade, city-based Ayaan Kapadia was handed a story-writing assignment by his library teacher, which eventually turned into his debut book Maverick's Marvellous Adventure (The Write Place) in 2018. Inspired by his cousin who had recently launched a book and motivated by his parents and editor, Kapadia went on to publish a sequel within months. "I discovered that nothing is impossible. Be optimistic and focus on your goal," he says.