What keeps you from being a "finished writer?"

So I've been thinking today about the nature of a "finished writer," meaning that magical being who has everything figured out: their "voice," the best way to write a novel, how to do research and outlines, how to edit. And I realized that this mythical creature is probably never going to appear in my life.<br><br>I've come quite a ways as a writer. I've written multiple novels, lots of short stories, even a few albums (I'm a singer-songwriter and a novelist, at the moment--who knows what I'll end up doing eventually?). I've done workshops and writing groups, and I've done freelance and ghostwriting work for some time now. I've also studied literature extensively--I'm currently working on my MA.<br><br>But I still don't feel like I know what I'm doing. I still get stumped whenever I sit down to write anything new. I still struggle with everything. And I'm starting to realize that this is going to be the case for me forever.<br><br>What keeps you from being a "finished writer?"<br><br>I think I'm going to have to accept that I'm not a "finished writer," that I'll never have everything figured out (and that the moment I feel like I do, I'll "finished"). I'm going to have to accept the fact that I'm always going to struggle, that I'll always be a "beginning writer." I'll always be learning, always be growing.<br><br>That's probably the case for most of us. So what keeps you from being a "finished writer?" What do you struggle with the most? What skills are you trying to build?