Please tell me which well-known author said: “If I would have just known how many great books have been written I would have never started to write"?
I love to read, but I don't want to read the same books over and over. I want new stuff. New ideas. New characters. New plots that are relevant to our lives today.
Never let good books defeat you, only inspire you. Stand on the shoulders of greatness, don't bow to it.
Now quit chewing on that pen. Action is the only thing that will overcome your fear. Join a writers group and become one of the greats yourself.