Lock Yourself in and Write. There Has Never Been a Better Time for This.

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There is always a lot of work left unfinished in summer.But then the summer is over at some point, and the days become more uncomfortable and shorter again. That’s the time when one hides away in one’s own apartment at home. But even in winter, there are weeks when we are easily distracted from our work.Friends celebrate their birthdays, Christmas is just around the corner, and family visits are increasing. And once again, it’s vacations. The next interruption of our work is here, and again we postpone the work on our novel.But this year, everything is different. Autumn has come as every year, but this time it will be lonelier than in an average year.The pandemic is back with full force. Once again, it forces us to limit our contacts and stay at home. Whether we can spend Christmas with our families is uncertain.In such times it is not surprising that many people become depressed. Everything seems pointless and hopeless. The future is uncertain, and loneliness increases.But we are writers. We flourish when others are bored to death. We see a chance in the crisis, and we take it.If we have nowhere to go, then at least we can immerse ourselves in our stories. The novel, which was so difficult to write even in the summer because we were di

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stracted by a thousand things, suddenly slips away easily because all distractions are gone.There are no trips we have to go on, no parties we don’t want to miss, and no visits we have to make. The pandemic forces us to stay at home. At home, there is only us, our little family, and the computer.If the pandemic makes your world smaller, make your work bigger. There has never been a better time to finish the novel, publish the article, or design the new cover.Being creative is a blessing in these times. We writers have a place to go when the world becomes hostile, and boundaries become tighter. When everything around us shrinks, we can grow.Everything becomes too much for you? The news depresses you, and you are afraid that the pandemic will get worse?Then lock yourself up and write. There has never been a better time for it.<a href="https://readmedium.com/d855be749e6c?source=post_page-----834577ca2b4a----------------------">René Junge</a> a published author writing on <a href="https://medium.com/illumination">ILLUMINATION</a>.Receive weekly updates, and don’t miss any of my articles.subscribe here <a href="http://bit.ly/ReneJunge">http://bit.ly/ReneJunge</a></article></body>

Fall is here, and the pandemic is raging out there. What better thing to do than to close the door behind you and write?

In summer, I sometimes find it hard to do my work. The weather is excellent, and it is so much more pleasant outside than in the study in front of the computer.

When the evenings are long and warm, we meet up with friends for a barbecue and drink more alcohol than at any other time of the year. The next morning it’s hard to get up, and the head is heavy.

We also like to travel during the summer months. The vacation tears a hole in our everyday life. Instead of working on the next novel or writing the following article, we travel to foreign countries and have a few leagues on some beaches. Even this summer, when Corona made many trips impossible, you could still travel within your own country and escape from everyday life.

There is always a lot of work left unfinished in summer.

But then the summer is over at some point, and the days become more uncomfortable and shorter again. That’s the time when one hides away in one’s own apartment at home. But even in winter, there are weeks when we are easily distracted from our work.

Friends celebrate their birthdays, Christmas is just around the corner, and family visits are increasing. And once again, it’s vacations. The next interruption of our work is here, and again we postpone the work on our novel.

But this year, everything is different. Autumn has come as every year, but this time it will be lonelier than in an average year.

The pandemic is back with full force. Once again, it forces us to limit our contacts and stay at home. Whether we can spend Christmas with our families is uncertain.

In such times it is not surprising that many people become depressed. Everything seems pointless and hopeless. The future is uncertain, and loneliness increases.

But we are writers. We flourish when others are bored to death. We see a chance in the crisis, and we take it.

If we have nowhere to go, then at least we can immerse ourselves in our stories. The novel, which was so difficult to write even in the summer because we were distracted by a thousand things, suddenly slips away easily because all distractions are gone.

There are no trips we have to go on, no parties we don’t want to miss, and no visits we have to make. The pandemic forces us to stay at home. At home, there is only us, our little family, and the computer.

If the pandemic makes your world smaller, make your work bigger. There has never been a better time to finish the novel, publish the article, or design the new cover.

Being creative is a blessing in these times. We writers have a place to go when the world becomes hostile, and boundaries become tighter. When everything around us shrinks, we can grow.

Everything becomes too much for you? The news depresses you, and you are afraid that the pandemic will get worse?

Then lock yourself up and write. There has never been a better time for it.

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