If you have ever stayed up late writing random stories or poems, the creative writing club is the place for you. It’s not just about putting words on paper; it’s about expressing yourself, sharing ideas, and finding a community of people who love writing just as much as you do.

Mrs. Sorfi, the club sponsor, explained what the club is about: “In creative writing club, we make found poem collages, explore high school poetry competitions that the students might want to submit their writing to, watch high school slam poetry, do creative writing exercises, share our own writing with the group, plan after-school events with authors, and try to spread the idea that the better someone can write, the more power they will have in life.”

Basically, every meeting is something new. One day, you might be cutting up old magazines to make poetry collages, and the next, you could be watching live slam poetry performances that get everyone happy to write. The club also helps students find writing contests and events, which is perfect for anyone who wants to get their work out there.

When asked what inspires her to write, Mrs. Sorfi said, “My experiences in daily life as well as stories, plays, and poetry by amazing writers like Franz Kafka, Sandra Cisneros, Ernest Hemingway, Leo Tolstoy, Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, Amanda Gorman, and Tim O’Brien.” You can tell she really loves writing.

The members all have their own reasons for joining, too. Sophomore Jose Nolasco said, “I wanted to join the creative writing club to make new friends, socialize, and pursue more of my fiction, maybe begin self-publishing when I finish my novel.” Writing doesn’t have to be something you do alone; it can actually be a way to connect with others. Lawrencia Commodore joined simply because “I love writing,” which basically says it all.

Everyone’s writing journey starts differently. For Mrs. Sorfi, it started way back in elementary school: “I knew I loved writing back in elementary school when we wrote books and bound them in wallpaper-covered cardboard book jackets. Sitting in my dad’s study writing papers in high school, surrounded by any book I could possibly need to look something up in, also inspired me to write my own poetry and creative non-fiction.” She added that she truly realized how much she loved writing when she was in AP Literature, saying, “Every time I read books growing up, I would always think to myself, I can do that, I can write my own book, I can write and publish my own poems.”

For Jose, it started when he was around eleven. “I started writing at around 11 years old, but I started writing again in 8th grade when I was 14 years old.” He’s already making progress with his stories, he said, “I wrote my third chapter to a fictional romance novella about two boys.” That’s the kind of dedication that makes the club such an amazing place to be.

Everyone in the club writes different types of stories. Enrique C. said, “I like to write fiction, a lot of fiction. It’s more fun to write about the surreal than the real.” Jose said, “I like to write fictional thrillers.” Whether it’s fantasy, romance, mystery, or poetry, the club welcomes all different types of genres and ideas.

The creative writing club is about imagination and all about expressing yourself. It’s somewhere where ideas flow freely, everyone supports each other, and creativity has no limits. Like Mrs. Sorfi said, the goal is to remind people that “the better someone can write, the more power they will have in life. ”