https://owenps.com/blog/Recent content in Blog on owenpsHugoen-usMon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://owenps.com/blog/john-steinbeck-on-writing/Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400https://owenps.com/blog/john-steinbeck-on-writing/Call Me By Your Name (2017) Source Dear Writer: Although it must be a thousand years ago that I sat in a class in story writing at Stanford, I remember the experience very clearly. I was bright-eyes and bushy-brained and prepared to absorb the secret formula for writing good short stories, even great short stories. This illusion was canceled very quickly. The only way to write a good short story, we were told, is to write a good short story.