By Sofia Abdelrahim

We’re in a world where art is becoming a dying language. With the rise of AI and apps like ChatGPT, society is not only losing critical thinking skills, but outlets for creativity as well. Here’s where the club Write No Wrongs comes in.

The club was started just this school year, with the help of juniors Sarah Marmol, Saxon Humphrey, Jaden Lew, and Emily Alexander. Write No Wrongs is a creative writing club that features poetry, narratives, and short stories. It’s a safe, free, and educational space for all writers, offering writing scholarship resources to its members.

While the club is impressive already, let’s delve deeper into the inspiration and hard work that went into the making of the club.

Write No Wrongs consists of one unit per month, with this month’s unit being poetry. During each unit, the club asks members to submit their writing on a Padlet and then recognizes students for being outstanding. They also have featured writers at the end of every unit.

The concept of Write No Wrongs began with a phone call. Marmol, Humphrey, and Lew had been on a phone call when they realized that there was no official club for creative writing at Granada Hills Charter (GHC). Since they all loved writing dearly and wanted to give those with the same passion a platform, they decided to make their dream real.

“Overall, I want to inspire creativity,” Humphrey said. “If I could work with students to help them, help them create ideas for creative writing, they could take that creativity and give it to other places.”

Marmol and Humphrey shared common goals: inspiring others, creating a safe space, and creating a community. 

“We faced some obstacles because there were so many people who also wanted to create a creative writing club,” Marmol said. “We had to prepare immensely.”

However, this intense preparation worked in their favor and promised smooth sailing from there on.

As of now, the club is thriving. Striving to keep writing, creativity, and community alive at GHC.

“I just feel comfortable with all the people there, basically,” Marmol said as a message to her fellow peers at GHC. 

“If you ever need a space to be more creative or try to better your skills or just have a safe space, we’re here for you guys,” Humphrey said.​​Although some may say that art is a dead language in our world, clubs like Write No Wrongs help us to recognize that art is alive and well; we just need to make space for it.