Common Ties is introducing a new section, 20 Questions, through which we encourage people to share their answers in the form of 50-words-or-less snippets. Our questions appear below; answers should be submitted to CT20Questions@gmail.com.

We pay for:

1. Answers ($50 per accepted answer)
2. Recordings ($50 per accepted recording; we will approach you if we want you to record your answer; recordings are optional)
3. Artwork ($50 to $100, though you can suggest another amount; people can submit artwork with their own answers or with answers that appear on the site; artwork is optional)

The questions.

1. What door do you wish you never opened?
2. What is your most obsessive thought?
3. Where is your favorite place in the world, and why?
4. What's the one thing your parents don't understand about you?
5. If you could relive a single day or moment, what would it be?
6. What were the strangest circumstances under which you have been intimate?
7. Under what circumstances have you been closest to death?
8. What is the most gracious act of kindness you have witnessed?
9. What is the worst betrayal you have ever experienced?
10. What is the most bizarre thing you have seen or done?
11. What is the greatest risk you have ever taken?
12. What is your earliest, most vivid memory?
13. What is the most meaningful "I love you" someone has said to you, or that you have said to someone else?
14. What was the single most terrifying moment of your life?
15. If you have experienced a moment of sudden faith or loss of faith, what prompted it?
16. If you could take back one thing you have done, what would it be?
17. What is your greatest talent or accomplishment?
18. What is the most joyful moment you have experienced?
19. What is the most painful moment you have experienced?
20. Open Question: Submit your own question and answer.

Here are our 20 Questions Submission Guidelines. We hope you find 20 Questions fun and rewarding!

Good luck, everyone!