I'm not a creative writer. I tried during high school, and discovered that I'm very good at writing down and recording stories that already exist, and that I have some skill with fictional short stories. Both of those things I love. Writing long stories...not so much.
I have a friend who's a long-story writer. You know, the type that holes up with tea and her laptop, whose Instagram feed is filled with literary references, whose skills with spinning stories you're quite envious of (maybe the last part is just me, though). Last November she committed to a challenge where she wrote 5,000 words every. single. day. for the whole. month.