Writing Problems From The Trenches #1

I’m having trouble writing my novel.
     How long have you practiced?
About 15 minutes.
     It might take a little longer than that to learn how to write a novel. It might take months or years.
Still, I want to write better. I don’t want to write a book that doesn’t sell.
     Not even one?
I need to write a novel that’s never been done before. Something completely unique.
     Is that what your audience wants from you?
I don't know, but that’s what my inner muse is telling me. I don’t want to write like everyone else.
     I see.
I want to write a best-seller based on my awesome, unique approach to storytelling, like Game of Thrones except with monkey tribes and killer snakes.
     You can’t.
Don’t tell me George R.R. Martin is the only one who can find a huge audience for this sort of story.
      He might be.
But that’s my authentic novel-writing mission. To have best-sellers and win prizes and get TV deals by writing GoT with monkeys and other critters.
     There’s no promise that the world cares about your mission.