Welcome to the month of Preptober! Over the next 31 days, we are here to help our community of writers prepare for November's 30 days of writing, which challenges authors to write 50k words during that month. To get you thinking about your next story, the ambassadors from four profiles:  ChickLit, ContemporaryLit, WattpadAfterDark and lgbtq have created some fun challenges that we'll be hosting on each of our profiles. 

HOW IT WORKS

We will host weekly writing challenges: Each week in October, we'll post a new prompt focusing on an essential storytelling element. These challenges will not be judged, but we encourage our community of writers to share their work and provide feedback to other participants.

Week 1: Create Your Main Character - Develop a detailed arc for your MC and explore their emotional and physical obstacles. We've also included a bonus challenge of creating a supporting character.

Week 2: Create Your Antagonist - Whether it's a person or a situation, create an obstacle that your MC will need to overcome. We've also included a bonus challenge to write a scene between your MC and your antagonist.

Week 3: Design Your World - Design a unique world and describe how the world impacts your characters. We've also included a bonus challenge of creating a rich history for your world.

Week 4: Craft a Story Arc - Write out a story arc that includes your characters and the world they live in.

In addition, Every few days, we'll offer two-word prompts on our message board to inspire your scenes, character explorations, or backstory ideas!

GUIDELINES

Engagement & Feedback: Post your work in the comment section of this chapter for community feedback and encouragement. Although this is a non-competitive event and the work shared will not be judged, our profile teams will be there to support you, leaving positive comments and keeping you motivated!

Submission: Post your responses to the challenges in the comment section of this chapter. Non-English posts are welcome, but keep in mind that you will not receive feedback from the ambassadors who only read English.

Event Duration: October 1st - 31st. You can post your work in the comment section throughout the month regardless of the dates of the weekly challenges.

Word Count: Please keep the word count for each post under 500 words.

Participation: Anyone can join! No experience needed—just a love of storytelling. Participants are free to post their work on all the participating profiles: @ContemporaryLit @ChickLit @WattpadAfterDark and @lgbtq.

Content: Please keep Wattpad's Content Guidelines in mind when sharing your work. If these content guidelines are not followed, the post in question will be deleted.

We hope you enjoy this month-long writing prep and these prompts inspire you to write during November's 30-day challenge!