Meanwhile, you may find that you do have what it takes to give a brief talk to your local writer's club, or go online for an author chat, or accept an invitation to speak at a conference. Real writers are driven. The fact that you haven't is surely a sign that you don't care enough about writing to make it your top priority. The simple truth is that most people have multiple priorities, and writing is very often not the first. Successful writers, on the other hand, are simply folks who have learned how to add writing into life's complex balancing act.
Real writers write every day.
Real writers either dedicate a certain number of hours per day to writing, or don't stop until they've completed a certain number of pages. If you don't write today, it will be harder to write tomorrow, and almost impossible the next day. Or so you're told. If you're trying to write every day just because you think you must, writing will soon become a joyless chore, empty of passion or inspiration. There are, of course, real writers who write every day, real writers with multiple advanced degrees, real writers whose prose derives from the anguish of life experience, and real writers who wouldn't feel the slightest butterfly-twinge at the thought of guesting on Oprah.