WRITTEN BY: AIDEN ORANTES
Creative Writing Club usually meets at lunch on Wednesdays and Fridays, and is usually held in Room 315, with the sponsor Mx. Aiden Brown. They always give each member advice with whatever they may be writing about, from sci-fi, reality fiction, and more. Speaking of the sponsor, I had the chance to ask them some questions about the Creative Writing Club. When asked of the purpose of the Creative Writing Club, Mx. Brown answered, "The purpose of Creative Writing Club is to give writers a place to gather, to write ongoing stories, start new stories, and think and talk about writing with other people who are interested in it.” Mx.Brown, who's pronouns are they/them, had their own motivations for starting and giving the students on campus access to this club. ”As you know (as a member), I have been a creative writer, with the novel I’m working on, I’ve had the story in my mind since I was 11, and having folks to share writing with has been instrumental in my life, as have stories and the telling of them, and I love that I get to facilitate a space like that for you guys." However, Mx. Brown didn’t start this club on their own. VAAS students had a hand in the birth of this club. They said, ”I believe it was Achillies Ordoña and Nova Garner, though something tells me Avery Nored was with them. I remember not even letting them finish their sentence because I was so excited to sponsor it. When I first got hired at VAAS, that was the first thing I wanted to do, either a class, a club, or a writing center of some sort.” Being a part of such a special club and surrounded by creative Vipers, Mx. Brown has the opportunity to make wonderful memories. When asked what was their favorite memory from being the sponsor of creative writing, Mx. Brown responded, ”Oh my goodness, that is a tough one…I think during National Novel Writing Month, when we did the cabin challenge, that was really fun.” The cabin challenge for NaNoWriMo is when students are split into 3 separate cabins (Horror, Mystery, and Romance), and they compete against each other to get the most points. Anything they write during this period gets them points. During this cabin challenge, the club ran a special event inspired by NaNoWriMo with a twist. As Mx. Brown stated, ”It was Achilles' idea, but essentially they extended the (cabin) challenge to be all writing…So, we tallied our total word count for the month, we counted anything from personal writing to academic writing. It could be on paper or pencil. The students within the club were split into three cabins…The points were tallied up from each work that the student made, and whichever cabin won would get a prize.” |
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