Today’s #writerinlockdown DEAN MOSES from the currently beleaguered city of New York #amwriting #amediting #lockdown #lockdownUK

As both a writer and a photographer in New York City, I am struggling between self-isolation and the call to document this historic crisis. In recent weeks I have shot the makeshift hospital tents in Central Park, a pantry which offered food and other provisions to those in need, and the resulting store closures, all for various newspapers throughout the city. I believed photographing these events were essential, both for the present and for posterity, yet as a writer I have come to understand another, equally important truth: distraction.


Not everybody desires to be reminded of the ensuing chaos, in fact many yearn for a disruption from it, and that’s where we as writers come in. We have the power and duty to bring a respite from the pandemic, to absorb the reader into another world that will have them laughing or so engrossed in an ensuing mystery that they forget—no matter how briefly—about the real world outside their window. So, share any work you have written, blog posts, short stories, novellas, and more, share for those in need. And use this time to write more, I myself have been submitting to short story contests.


As both a writer and a photographer in New York City, I am struggling between self-isolation and the call to document this historic crisis, no matter which wins out, it is equally important, so keep writing and do your part!


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