To be read means getting published, and to get published you have to get rejected, and rejected and rejected, tens, hundreds even thousands of times. Get used to rejections. They happen for many reasons. Don't instantly aim at the New Yorker , but then don't throw away a great piece on a tiny e-zine, either. And if you think it, write it.
Writers are brave.
The answer is NO, but it helps. Every day of our lives we are not just gaining experience but we are assimilating it through a more experienced set of senses. What experience CAN teach us is that we are not the centre of the universe and that maybe the pictures of us skateboarding AREN'T vivid entertainment. Work until you see the world as a writer sees it. Then as the mugger screams in your face, note his dialogue and remember it.