Discover Your Story:
Writing Classes and Workshops

Online and in Toronto

Connect with your voice through writing.

Offering online and in-person classes, workshops, and mentoring to help you bring your stories to life.

Welcome, I’m Sharon.

POET | EDITOR | Storyteller

I have a passion for writing discovery, and for supporting others with clarity and an ability to articulate and inspire both reflection and creativity.  This work regularly highlights how we can all write, especially given a kind and encouraging setting. 

I am delighted to work with such a diverse group of writers, and to celebrate how what we may perceive as ordinary, turns into magic when we meet the page with authenticity, delight, and vulnerability. 

     

Weekly Online Writing Classes

The moving pen is based in Toronto, though currently all classes take place on Zoom. Class groups are small, conducive to experiences of safety, comfort, and intimacy within the process. We write from memories, pictures and feelings that we all carry inside. Writing prompts and our process together inevitably fuel the imagination. During each session, participants will have the opportunity to write and read at least four times.

Join Us!

  • TUESDAYS

    1:00 to 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time

    Six sessions, ongoing enrollment

  • WEDNESDAYS

    9:30 am to Noon Eastern Time

    Six sessions, ongoing enrollment

  • THURSDAYS

    7:00 to 9:30 p.m. Eastern Time

    Six sessions, ongoing enrollment

CONTACT ME

  • The Moving Pen’ experience has been positive and fruitful in many ways. Sharon is the most encouraging mentor, and has the ability to ease one’s anxiety about the writing process. I have gained a new confidence. I had the honor of Sharon’s expertise while working on an article, that was later published in The Globe and Mail. The collaboration was inspiring, educational and emotionally fulfilling. It is a privilege to be with such a compassionate and giving teacher.

    — Janet Goldblatt Holmes, dancer, artist, teacher

  • The sessions are full of friendship and laughter... I’ve learned that I can make up characters and describe distant settings, or dive into my own life where even the mundane moments hold stories. I’ve come to trust my instincts.

    -Hele Montagna, radio producer

  • Sharon Singer was a Godsend at a time when I was trying to embody a new creative voice that really needed some expression, some freeing up. I had been writing my first play and, in her class, I found story threads, voices and an embodied confidence that became key to my process. Her sensitivity, non-judgmental attitude and ways of giving helpful feedback were so beneficial.

    -Jerry Brodey, educator, writer, performer

  • Sharon creates a space that allows us to write (and read our words aloud) without fear. During a session we take turns performing the endless dance of reveal/conceal with our words. Sharon’s calm acceptance of everything we write gives us the courage to continue putting ourselves on the line.

    Ann Tudor, writer and storyteller

  • Maybe there are two kinds of people in the world: the ones who write and the ones who want to write. ‘The Moving Pen’ is one of the best ways I have ever found to be the first kind of person. As a practice it keeps me writing and as a writer it helps me to focus on what I really want to write. I have recommended it to lots of people

    Julie Simmons, astrologer, writer, teacher

Poem of the Week

I bring a different poem to the writing classes each week, not only to inspire but to introduce new poets to the group members.

Featured
Excerpt from Rhythms and Roads by Victoria Erickson
Excerpt from Rhythms and Roads by Victoria Erickson
Solstice by Robyn Sarah