spoke to that question in my post The Top SEVEN Tips For Steemit Newbies To Overcome Discouragement And Get Earning Top Dollars...
To clarify: I was writing for a month straight, obsessively focused before being putting on the bot list. The reason I got put on wasn't because of luck - unless by "luck" you mean a shitload of hard work, including 15 years of intensive study and skill development.
I went through my bouts of discouragement, comparing my low rewards with others' ridiculous ones. It took alot of persistence. Just gotta keep at it, pace yourself, become a student of the five types of value and focus on packing as much value as you can into every post - becoming an increasingly-valuable contributor to the community.