Jun 29, 2026 · 7 min · 10 segments
Author and Boys Book Club co-founder Lucas Oakeley answers listener questions in this Q&A episode of Character Study. Listeners ask Lucas where his creative spark comes from, whether he has a way of…
Lucas OakeleyGuest
Freya BromleyHost
First up, from Sal in Whitstable, where do you feel your creative spark comes from? I
think to me, writing is something that I enjoy doing, but it's also something that I need to do in a lot of ways.
I'm someone who's very conscious of time and of being on time and of doing things.
But if I'm reading or if I'm writing, it's the one thing I can do where I completely lose track of time, where I can spend hours literally working on the same paragraph, reworking it, rewriting it.
And maybe you end up the exact same as it was where I started, but that kind of piece is something I need in my life and it brings me a lot of Yeah, a lot of content in what I'm doing in the process and I really enjoy writing.
So I think being creative to me is getting in that headspace and then being able to spend time doing something within that.
There's no other real impetus apart from enjoying myself in the process and hoping people enjoy it afterwards.
First up, from Sal in Whitstable, where do you feel your creative spark comes from? I
think to me, writing is something that I enjoy doing, but it's also something that I need to do in a lot of ways.
I'm someone who's very conscious of time and of being on time and of doing things.
But if I'm reading or if I'm writing, it's the one thing I can do where I completely lose track of time, where I can spend hours literally working on the same paragraph, reworking it, rewriting it.
And maybe you end up the exact same as it was where I started, but that kind of piece is something I need in my life and it brings me a lot of Yeah, a lot of content in what I'm doing in the process and I really enjoy writing.
So I think being creative to me is getting in that headspace and then being able to spend time doing something within that.
There's no other real impetus apart from enjoying myself in the process and hoping people enjoy it afterwards.
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