I see what you're saying, but I'm not sure you see what I'm saying.
If you want to maximize your chances of being a great writer, obviously write. But if you want to maximize your chances of being great period, then you need to decide if writing the next great american novel is the course you want to work toward. IMO you are an order of magnitude more likely to become famous/great from youtube than from writing, even if your best skill is novel-writing.
Sure there are people who persevered at writing at made it work, but also probably more people persevered and wasted their lives on writing than most other pursuits.
If you want to maximize your chances of being a great writer, obviously write. But if you want to maximize your chances of being great period, then you need to decide if writing the next great american novel is the course you want to work toward. IMO you are an order of magnitude more likely to become famous/great from youtube than from writing, even if your best skill is novel-writing.
Sure there are people who persevered at writing at made it work, but also probably more people persevered and wasted their lives on writing than most other pursuits.