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Writing Short Stories: A Beginner’s Guide


Adult Learning / Communication and Writing -
Winter/Spring 2025 Adult

Writing short stories (1,000–30,000 words) helps you discover your writing voice and how to convey your ideas. You’ll learn how to bring your story to life with an engaging plot, as well as character development, action, and dialogue. You’ll also learn the technical parts of crafting a short story, including structure, important character moments, and progression in the story. Also, learn what to do about editing, proofing, and publishing once you've completed your short story.

Login information will be emailed before class.

As this course will be taught virtually, you will need access to video and audio on a computer, tablet or phone with internet connection. This class will be held on Zoom, which is free to use. The Zoom link will be emailed to you prior to the first day of class.

LeeAnne Krusemark

LeeAnne Krusemark is an adjunct online Professor of Publishing for Harvard and more than 1,000 facilities worldwide, and is a nationwide speaker on the topics of entrepreneurship and publishing. Her in-person lectures have been offered at more than 200 facilities nationwide, including Purdue, and she has been asked to speak at a Senate-sponsored business conference as well as for the Department of the Army. In addition, LeeAnne has owned a successful award-winning public relations business for more than 20 years and is a Chamber of Commerce past president. She is also a former journalist, editor, and managing editor of newspapers, as well as an author of countless magazine articles and several books, some of which can be found on Amazon. LeeAnne has also recently authored a screenplay that Hallmark has expressed an interest in, and has started representing other writers as an editor and agent. The inspiration she gives to others has even been compared in writing to Oprah!

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  LeeAnne Krusemark


Online Learning
Friday, May 9
4:00 - 6:00 PM

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Min Age   18 yr.

Price: $ 35 00