Hello, I just purchased an electric guitar a few days ago and just getting started. I am having a TON of trouble with fretting. It seems my fingers will not even come close to spreading out sufficiently to get into needed shape. It’s as if the 2 middle fingers dive inward toward each other instead of spreading out. Is this common? What are some things I can do to overcome it? I don’t know how more practice of what I’m doing will help because it just keeps repeating with no change. 
Any advice very appreciated…..