If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many different writers as you can. Soak up the styles.
Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.
I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
I've lived in New York for 40 years. I came right after college.
The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.
If you do enough planning before you start to write, there's no way you can have writer's block. I do a complete chapter by chapter outline.