Every week, students gather to write, share ideas and experiment with new prompts.  The Creative Writing Club is open to all students, regardless of experience. It meets in Freshmen English Teacher Susan  Fox’s room and is led by club president junior Sophie Fouladi and Vice junior Giulia Pasquesi.

Fouladi suggested launching new student-led clubs, and creative writing quickly rose to the top of the list.

Pasquei’s interest in writing began in Fox’s class. After writing a spooky story for an assignment, she realized how much she enjoyed creating characters and building plots. 

“I started to really love writing,” she said. That assignment helped inspire the idea of a club where more students could explore creative writing.

For Fouladi, writing began long before high school. She started by sketching fantasy characters in elementary school and turning them into short comics she created with friends in a red composition notebook.

“Ever since that comic, ideas never really stopped coming,”  she said. Those early characters eventually grew into full story concepts, shaping the creative perspective she brings to the club.

“We build off each other’s ideas,” Pasquesi  said, “Sometimes Sophie comes up with something crazy, and I add to it.”

Each meeting begins with a quick icebreaker or writing challenge. A popular challenge they do is The Most Dangerous Writing App, where you must keep typing without stopping or everything disappears. 

“People loved it,” Pasquesi said. “It gives you an adrenaline rush.” After the warm-up, students move on to writing. The club teaches basic story structure and encourages creativity. 

Each meeting also includes a quick review of storytelling tools, common tropes, narrative structure and techniques students can apply right away. Writing prompts are then posted on the club’s Google Classroom, giving members a chance to expand their ideas or begin new storylines. 

“We want students to create characters and short pieces they’re genuinely proud of,”  Fouladi said.

They also have contests for poems, stories and different genres like fiction, poetry, drama, journaling, comedy and world building. The students in the club get opportunities to find their favorite genres and develop as writers.

Starting the club wasn’t completely easy, Pasquesi said, “A lot of people signed up only for the cookie…” and didn’t come back. But the response surprised them. Instead of just six members, nearly 18 students came, and the club grew quickly.

What makes the Creative Writing Club different is the atmosphere. “You don’t have to be good at writing to join, even if you think you don’t like writing. When you join, you’ll enjoy it,” Pasquesi said. 

Students come because they love words, ideas, stories or simply want a place where they can express themselves.