Author Mason Currey knows that for most writers, the biggest obstacle to writing is making the time to write. After getting interested in the routines of famous artists who do manage to find the time to create consistently, he began cataloguing their daily habits and routines. His books Daily Rituals: How Artists Work and Daily Rituals: Women at Work delve into the helpful (and sometimes odd) rituals that well-known artists use in their creative process. On the pod, Jon and Mason talk about the importance of forming a ritual as a creative and some of the helpful advice he’s gained after his research. Mason also talks about the wackiest rituals he’s read about, and how you don’t necessarily need to embody the stereotypical habits of the struggling artist to produce great work.