I've been rewatching all the episodes of Community with commentary on. It's all good stuff and has tons of insight into creating anything. Especially creating something with a highly positive brilliance-to-crap ratio. And something that is unapologetically human.
In the commentary of "Beginner Pottery" Dan Harmon, ex-showrunner and creator of the series, talks about about projecting himself and his childhood onto one of the charters. This struck me as particularly interesting.
"Every writer has a fraud complex. And every creative was probably a little over-praised by their mom. The idea that you think, 'Oh I could do that if I tried,' and failing."
This is something I struggle with. Most creative people, I think, struggle with it too. But that's sort of the point. It's dangerous to assume you're good at everything because you can break down the process. Or because it looks easy.
Trying to do something new is good. Automatically assuming greatness only leads to disappointment.