I went to the island of stagnation for about 10 years ...sniff... sob ...however I found shore by way of 1) swallowing my pride and taking lessons (something I hadn’t tried before) 2) getting lots of different guitar books (Mel Bay and Berkley Music Press do some great ones) which I was also too skint / proud to do in the past 3) getting a 4 track recorder. The 4 track is great as I can record me playing rhythm and experiment with all of the different things Im learning from my teacher and the books over the top. It is a really good way of seeing what works and writing interesting solos