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"But the main thing I learned after writing *lemon* for the 42nd time was that I’m not a technical writer, I’m a storyteller." SAME. While I enjoy the exercise to analyze wine aromas and flavors and discuss them with other enthusiasts, the experience itself doesn't inspire me to write.

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Yeah, I enjoy it too and so I don't mean to knock it, and hope I'll be invited to do it more! But my brain always wants to tell the story about what it was LIKE smelling the wine, rather than what the wine smells like. I didn't used to be like this, I don't know what happened!

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