Five Ways Writing Short Stories Help You Grow as a Writer with Author/Book Coach, Dallas Woodburn

Writers and book lovers are invited by Muskoka Authors Association to a special Zoom event with award-winning author, editor, and book coach Dallas Woodburn, on Wednesday, February 25 at 7:00 pm. Woodburn’s career spans more than two decades and began with publishing her first children’s book at just ten years old. During this Zoom event, the author will share practical insights and encouragement for writers, including: Five ways writing short stories helps you grow as a writer; Why a ten-year journey from first manuscript to first published novel can be a gift; How to create a nurturing, sustainable writing routine through every season of life. This event offers inspiration, honesty, and actionable guidance for writers at any stage of their creative journey.

Woodburn’s early passion for storytelling led to extraordinary success: her self-published childhood book sold thousands of copies and received a glowing review in the Los Angeles Times. By high school, she was already working as a freelance writer and columnist, with work appearing in Family Circle, The Writer, Writing Magazine, and Chicken Soup for the Soul. She later studied Creative Writing in both college and graduate school, earning the prestigious John Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing.

Nearly a decade after completing the manuscript, Woodburn’s short story collection, How to Make Paper When the World is Ending, is forthcoming from Koehler Books—a testament to her belief in patience, persistence, and creative growth. In addition to her own writing, Woodburn now works as a book coach and editor, helping writers at all stages bring their stories to life.

Her debut young adult novel, The Best Week That Never Happened (April 2020), was named Grand Prize Winner of the Dante Rossetti Book Award in Young Adult Fiction, with Kirkus Reviews calling it “a dazzling, emotional story of love, loss, and living in the moment.” Her most recent YA novel, Thanks, Carissa, For Ruining My Life, was published earlier this year by Immortal Works. Her third novel, Before & After You & Me, is forthcoming from Owl Hollow Press. Woodburn is also working on a nonfiction book, 1,001 Ways to Be Kind, inspired by a year-long commitment to weekly acts of kindness, to be published by Familius Publishing.

FEE:

MAA Members: Free
Non-Members: $20

REGISTER TO ATTEND:  Email and etransfer fee to [email protected]
Zoom information will be emailed to all registrants.