The essence of modernity is psychologism, the experiencing and interpretation of the world in terms of the reactions of our inner life and indeed as an inner world, the dissolution of fixed contents in the fluid element of the soul, from which all that is substantive is filtered and whose forms are merely forms of motion.
The process of writing can be magical. Mostly, you'll be staring at the computer screen trying not to distract yourself with the internet. But sometimes, if you're lucky, inspiration will come.
The only way to get better is to compete against the best.