If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.” — Kenneth Goldsmith - Austin Kleon

Let go of the thing that you're trying to be (the noun), and focus on the actual work you need to be doing (the verb). Doing the verb will take you someplace further and far more interesting.

It’s a closed book until the reader opens it. The reader brings the words and pictures to life with their time and attention.

Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying.