I’m actually laughing to myself as I start this post. When I wrote the title and then walked away to peruse my several home wine racks for something to drink while writing, I made the joke in my head, “obviously Zinfandel, silly!”
But when I grabbed a red blend out of the rack that is, in fact, dominated by Zinfandel, it was no longer a joke. Perhaps, Zinfandel is the cure to writer’s stall. You are welcome.
What is writer’s stall?
No, not writer’s block (that’s what I’m dealing with currently with regards to my monthly published wine column). Writer’s stall is something more serious. It’s a more settled…well… stalled, feeling. Something that happens when a writer stops writing for fun and becomes too worried about where the next paycheck is coming from. It’s the feeling when writing becomes mundane and not exciting. The moment when a writer stops writing due to lack of motivation, executive disfunction, or most likely, imposter syndrome.
It’s much worse than writer’s block, which we all have to get over before a deadline. Writer’s stall kills spirits.
2012…
When I started this blog in October of 2012, I was full of excitement for what I could write. Really, the possibilities were endless. It was my new project, and I was bursting with creative ideas.
I started writing about wine…and history! I interviewed authors, read books, and reviewed them here. There was one point shortly after I started the blog that
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