Compared  to his contemporaries like Christopher OKigbo and Wole Soyinka, whose works can be described as hermetic due to the realm they operate from, which is too high for an elementary student of literature, Okara has his readers in mind and can be said to have a firm grasp of the power to communicate wholly and meaningfully.
Coming face to face with him last Saturday during the creative writing workshop has turned out to be one pleasant memory I would hold close to heart. I watched him closely as he spoke to all of us who cared to attend the workshop. His hair was completely white including the ones on his brow For the one on his skin, some har not completely metamorphosed. into white but a careful observer would  see that all were in the process of doing  so. Apart from his nail which betrayed the generation he belongs to, he looked 25 years younger.I had tried to compare him with some of his contemporaries and many others who were 10 years and more younger than he is. From my analysis, I could see he was stronger and healthier than most of them. Indeed, his white hair was doubt the representation of wisdom.
We all sat comfortably on chairs before tables, as against that of a village setting where children would sit on mats, spread on the floor to listen to stories and instructions from parents and the elderly. For while ours was in the afternoon in a simple but nicely decorated hall, that of the village is usually outside at night after the day's work on farms. It was usually under the beauty of the moonlight and stars that twinkle. However, we all sat to listen to the living literary legend as he expounded more of literature.
As usual, an elderly man is expected to have mouth full of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that resides in the heart of a woman which only a wise person can pull out
He held a microphone in his right hand and I was surprised to see that his hand stood steady and did not shake at all. He referred to the present generation as very lucky to hive role models to look up to and models who can talk and advise us in gatherings like of that day. He walked down memory lane and recalled that in his era of writing, he had no role models he could emulate. He read about the Greek classics but did not have the opportunity of meeting them. This was because they were long dead and even if alive, no one had the wisdom to invite them over for what could be called "cross-cultural literature”. With things being better today due to exposure and understanding, he called on every participant to Utilize the level of creativity at his/her disposal. Itemized below are some of the things the advised on.
   A. A world of a writer is a very hectic one and as such. writers must be disciplined and fearless.
B. As a writer, one must keep writing as it is not a writers' duty to determine whether or not, ones works are good or are not of standard. The reason to this remains in the fact that critics abound and will determine its qua1ity.
CA writer must have the urge that propels him/her to write and in writing, writers must learn to share their opinions with the communities they live in.
D. To overcome writers block, he advises that writers should just write something. It might not be meaningful at the moment, but will be some other day.
E. Young people shouldn't go into writing simply because of material gains as writing supersedes such. He observed that what is happening in Nigeria today is "militant materialism", as this has become very prominent in the value system of the country and economy.
He was asked a question if there were times he felt dejected? His answer was no. He recalled the arts festival which tool place in Nigeria and how he wrote for it. He remembered that he was a' supervisor during the festival and felt very happy about it. Hence, this encouraged him to write more.
He advised that when writing, writers should desist from talking about what they want to write, as this can affect them psychologically and can be responsible for procrastination which every writer must learn to deal with. He encouraged the participants to dust off their manuscripts and keep writing to affect humanity.
He also sympathized with the present generation for our inability to speak our mother tongue and even write in it He encouraged the writing of Children's literature ',Which  has to do with a great deal of creativity and  imagination. To imagine ones childhood days would help and stories, the legend advised, should be embedded in the cultural values of the people.