Well, listen to the song I've included and write what the song inspires you to. Length doesn't matter, what matters is the emotion portrayed in it and the sincerity of the words. Good luck to all.

sidenote: if anyone ever needs to talk im almost always up to receive messages

As an author, my favorite part of writing is developing the characters throughout the story. Sometimes I will use the same character over and over again in my writing, but with some slight changes. But for me, it's always best to start a new character from scratch to make it more interesting.

Usually, I fill out a chart that goes something like this:

Name:

Age:

Gender:

Looks/Appearance:

Personality/Attitude:

Backstory:

Extra: (in case I forgot anything)

Story Genre:

For this contest, you will be creating your own character based on this outline. Of course, you can add categories, but it would be preferable if you filled out at leastall of these. So let's say your character was in an action story, you could add categories like "Weapon of Choice" or "Superpower", or things like that. You can make your character anything you want: a zombie, a vampire, an animal. The possibilities are endless.

Inspired by World Events:

In Hong Kong, tens of thousands of citizens and students are currently fighting for their civil rights and democracy. However, the peaceful demonstration turned violent when the police used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse protestors. Full news here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/28/hong-kong-protests_n_5895746.html

The unreasonable and unnecessary violence by the police against unarmed and peaceful crowd is worrying, it is threatening people's rights to freedom of expression. We would like to invite you to join a writing challenge to write a story with these 4 elements:

Pepper Spray, Tear Gas, Guns, Freedom of Expression

*No word limit and your story doesn't have to be based on the event.

Writing is a form of revolution itself and we write because we have freedom of expression, A Universal Value.

(I apologize for not accepting challengers for this challenge before. I was on hiatus for a week and forgot about it. I will be sure to actively check for interested challengers from now on. Thank you.)

Everyone has some place in the physical world or their imagination that they like to go to simply get away from the struggles of life. These places give us the fresh air we need to deal with our troubles, even if they aren't real.

I like to call my page The Sanctuary, but it is one of many, imaginary and real. So, I ask you to describe one of your sanctuaries, whether it is real or not. Use as many words as you'd like. I'll read even the longest entry, but be descriptive of how this place helped you when you needed it, though you don't need to be specific.

Now, because of the variety of entries that this topic can receive, the winner should be determined by how profoundly their sanctuary helped them and not how amazing the place is. To start, I will give mine below without much description, if you'd like an example. Good luck to all participants!

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When I can't take a stroll through a forest or simply don't feel like leaving my home, I visit a place in my mind with no particular name. It is a quaint cottage in a large meadow that changes with my wants and needs. I can be alone or with company here. I can do anything or nothing, which is what I usually choose. I can organize my thoughts or let them go with the wind that drifts through, rustling the surrounding trees. This place has helped me in times of stress, when I needed nothing more than to be with nature, when no one could understand my restless desire to just run into the woods and do nothing. Now, in college, I can find solace in the neighboring forests and rest by rivers without care for frivolous things. This is my sanctuary. What is yours?

Writing Challenge Prompt:

Create a writer's quote of your own and put your Pen Name next to it. Pure and simple:) I hope everyone can participate!

Please name your issue subtitle with the naming convention as "Quote #". E.g. Quote 1, Quote 2 etc.

Prompt (provided by Theatre Lover):

In life, everything seem to come in pairs. Two eyes, two ears, two socks, two legs, two shoes, so on and so forth. For this challenge, you only need two sentences. They can be any genre as long as it is just two sentences.

Join Penana Writing Challenge Society!

http://www.penana.com/society?id=7