Recently I had the opportunity to sit in on a craft talk in which the wonderful Ruth Ozeki shared her process while writing The Book of Form and Emptiness, as well as her other books, including A Tale for the Time Being. Ozeki’s answers often sound as id they are answering multiple lines of inquiry at the same time before you’ve even formulated said question, so we ended up discussing many things. (If this is kind of thing sounds interesting to you, check out
So agree that working new ideas discovered from other reading, news, etc. into my books is a universally positive thing for writers that often stimulates original thoughts of my own as well. Writers should always be open to outside input, i.e., to life.
So agree that working new ideas discovered from other reading, news, etc. into my books is a universally positive thing for writers that often stimulates original thoughts of my own as well. Writers should always be open to outside input, i.e., to life.