Creative Writing Club
By Bella Carampatan
Timber Creek has an array of clubs to offer, catering to a student’s skills and passions. One of these clubs is the Creative Writing Club (CWC). It is well known that many people don’t enjoy writing all that much, but for those who do, this is the perfect club for you. The Creative Writing Club is run by the 4 officers: Junior Lydia Wisdom (President), Junior Kiera Cross (Vice-President), Junior Ella Coe (Historian), and Junior Bella Carampatan (Communications coordinator). It’s sponsored by Aaron Glogowksi, an English teacher at TC.
The main premise of the CWC is to provide a safe space where students can share their works without any judgment. The officers and members strive to create this space to promote writing and confidence when it comes to sharing work. Since it is called the Creative Writing Club, the writing isn’t just limited to short stories; members are encouraged to write different types of styles such as poems, scripts, etc. During the meetings, which happen every other Wednesday, students are either given or vote on a prompt to work on and submit for the next meeting. Members have the option of submitting it anonymously and having an officer read it in their place. Members don’t even need to present their writings! The prompts are there to give inspiration and practice, it is not a requirement in order to stay in the club. After reading the prompts from the prior week, the members will be given writing activities, prompts, etc.
The Creative Writing Club is a relatively new club with it being founded last year. After participating in a lot of club advertising events at school such as, Pack Is Back, the club has expanded a lot, in both members and partnership opportunities. Vice President, Junior Kiera Cross, stated, “Though it was a little stressful at first, the hard work and love put into this club has made it more than worth it. It’s been amazing to see it grow through thick and thin.” The officers have also done their part in making this club what it is. They stay after school to not only work on activities for their members to do, but they also work to make being and joining the club interesting. During Pack Is Back, they baked cookies and brownies as well as offering stickers to those who joined. It’s that welcoming and warm feeling that the officers strive for and succeed at making.
This year’s homecoming theme was “A Night in City Lights,” so the CWC decided that their city was going to be The Capitol from the famous book and movie series, The Hunger Games. The officers spent weeks designing and constructing the car to look like it had wings that faded into fire. The officers could collectively agree that it was a bit stressful to make when it came to time constraints and limited people but they made it work. Cross stated, “The officers that surround me are thoughtful, caring, and creative enough to fill a whole library! I don’t think I could’ve gotten through it without them.” In the end, the car looked amazing for the parade, as well as the members! The members were dressed in very fancy and flamboyant outfits in order to become capitol citizens.
