int n;
scanf("%d", &n);
char *a[n];
a[n] = malloc(n*sizeof(char));

int i;
int j;

for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {

    a[i] = malloc(sizeof(char));

    }


for ( i = 0; i < n; i++) {

    printf("write the words: ");
    scanf("%s", a[i]);

    }

//till this point everything works

//now I need to print each character of the strings

for ( i = 0; i < n; i++) {

    for ( j = 0; j < strlen(a[i][j]); j++) {

        printf("%s", a[i][j]);

        }

    }