If you want to become the best author you can be, it's not going to be easy. To some it comes naturally, to others it doesn't. People work at their own paces, and that is totally fine. Don't get down on yourself.  You are reading this to get better. If you heed this advice, you will be better.
If you aren't better in the end, don't give up! Just keep going with these tricks, and your career or hobby as a writer will skyrocket!