Welcome to the Writing Challenge Club!

Here are some rules and guidelines that you will need to know to participate.

Rules:

1. Entries should be completed with 1,000-5,000 words
   1. Please write COMPLETED one-shots between 1,000 and 5,000 words.  Incomplete works are unacceptable.  Your story must have a complete beginning and an end.  This means leaving readers on a cliffhanger is unwelcome unless is it specifically written in a literary style.  (Which is more of an advanced writing technique.)  See FAQ for more details.
2. You can write any genre, pairing, rating, etc.
   1. There is no limit on what you can write about!  The only limit is the theme.  As a writer, you have the creative freedom to do anything and write about anything. 
3. Stories are REQUIRED to be about the theme (or at least inspired it)
   1. Writing about the same theme as everyone else and watching how everyone has a different take on it is the best part of writing.  The best (or worst, depending on how you see it) example of this is vampires.  Sparkly Edward doesn’t burn up in the sun like Dracula does he?
4. You MUST write feedback on at least 3 stories (2 feedbacks are guaranteed per entry!)
   1. Feedback is essential for a writer’s growth.  Getting feedback helps you grow as a writer, but giving feedback also helps you identify what makes a good story and what doesn’t. We ask that you give feedback to at least three people, but if you can give more feedback the better.  You will be assigned 2 entries to give feedback to, while the third story to critique you can choose yourself. 
   2. If you need help on how to write a proper feedback, please read the FAQ below.
5. Weekly participation is not mandatory
   1. We all have lives outside of AFF, so if you have to skip a week go ahead and skip a week.  However, you must still give feedbacks for the weeks
6. How to summit your work
   1. Write your story on your own profile as a new story. 
   2. When your done submit it here in the comment section below in the following format:

Username (Must match your own profile):

Week and Title of Story:

Link:

Example:

mikimika101

Week 1 – Writing Challenge Club: Let’s Write Together

https://www.asianfanfics.com/story/view/1459939/

7. Participation for past weeks/themes are possible but feedback is not guaranteed
   1. If you skipped a week or joined late, you can still submit for past themes, but we have moved on.  You can still submit your entry and it will be added to the late entries list.  However, we are already busy writing our submissions for the current week and giving feedback to the current week.  If you’re lucky someone may have time and be willing to read your work and give feedback.
8. Writers who would like to challenge themselves for higher/more advanced writing are welcome to take on the extra challenge that we have weekly, but this is not a requirement
   1. While taking on this challenge isn’t necessary, it is designed to help you grow as a writer.  These challenges will push your boundaries and help you to write in ways that you may never have imagined you could.

FAQs:

1. My writing isn’t good enough/ I don’t have the skills
   1. It’s okay.  Just submit your work.  We all have to start somewhere.  No one’s writing is perfect at the beginning.  We’ll help you improve your skills.  That’s what feedback is for!  Even if your English or grammar isn’t great, you are more than welcome to write a story and use this opportunity to get some help for your writing.
2. Can I just submit my story without giving feedback?
   1. No.  We ask that everyone give feedback to others because we are coming together to help each other with our writing.  You cannot selfishly expect others to critique your work, without doing your part.  We are a team here in this writing club.
3. I don’t want to write my own stories, but can I participate by reading?
   1. Definitely!  But we would like to ask that you also give feedbacks to the writers.
4. How do I write a proper feedback?
   1. You don’t need to write an essay, but write somethings that you liked and disliked about the writing.  As well as something they could improve on.  Notice, I didn’t say story?  Yes, you can comment on the story, but try to look at their writing style.  Did they give nice descriptions?  Was it easy to read?  Was it confusing to understand?  Where there any grammatical errors?  Was there anything that took you out of the story or made it unrealistic/unbelievable?  Was there a plot?  A beginning, middle, and end? 
   2. Think back to your language or creative writing classes back at school and remember what your teachers taught you?  Think about that when you give feedback. 
   3. If anything, just remember the Big 3:  Like, Dislike, and Improvement!
5. Does it have to be a one-shot?  Can I make it a multi-chaptered story?
   1. Yes and no.  We ask that your submissions be a one-shot, meaning it has a clear beginning and end.  We want the full story, so we can give proper feedback.  If you would like to continue your story after the feedback week has passed, you may.  It is your writing and no one is going to stop you.
6. I have writer’s block
   1. Try to push through it!  You can take a break from writing, but we recommend that you try to keep writing.  Yes, your writing may not be as great as your usual, but continuously writing may help you regain the ability to write.  If you really can’t write, then take a short break, but keep on reading and giving feedback.  Who knows, you might suddenly be inspired by someone else’s work!
7. Can you give me advice on how to write good stories?
   1. While we are all not professional writers, we all have a passion for writing.  Getting feedback at the end of each story will help you with your writing.  But yes, I will try to include some writing tips as the weeks go on.
8. Can I write a YOU story?
   1. I’ve been on AFF for a while, so I don’t know if the YOU stories or the one where you fill in the __________ with your name or username is still around, but I personally hate those.  It’s a cheap way to skip out on writing lots of great details about the protagonist by turning it into you.  You know about yourself, so the writer doesn’t have to fill in details about you.  Some people love them and enjoy the feeling of being the protagonist.  I’m not a fan.  I’d rather read about other people or pretend to be Lisa, Jackson, Taehyung, or whoever the author decides is the protagonist.
   2. Back to the question, as much as I’d like to say no, I won’t.  It is in the writer’s creative freedom to write a YOU story.  However, just know that if you write a YOU story, you are cutting yourself short as a writer.  Just know that, no professionally published author writes YOU stories.