Learning from a part-time writer’s lockdown

Phil Hurst
5 min readJul 5, 2020

Before you read this — I am not complaining. Many people suffered more than me in the last few months. I come from a privileged background and have a stable job and home life, and this post is as much therapeutic for me as anything else. I’m not asking for sympathy, nor should I receive it. There are many better causes for your sympathy, rather than someone who was trying to have a creative lockdown.

Lockdown guilt

Lockdown really threw me creatively. More so than I thought it would, if I’m honest. Although my family…

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Phil Hurst

Storyteller. Specifically sci-fi, history, crime. Occasional advice giver. Find out more: www.philhurstwriter.co.uk