It is a good way to learn just how other photographers see, and a great way to get to know your gear to go out a try an make images that look like other photographers work. Many photographers do this (myself included( it's literally impossible to take the same image as someone else. Even in a group of photographers capturing the same scene, everyone will take an image that fit's what they want from the scene in front of them.

To take that one step further, start looking at other photographers work. That in itself will change the way you shoot because you will have been studying and filling your mind with great photography. Remember that technical information can not make art. All the gear in the world can't produce a single story. Stories are told within the frame by artistic means through subject framing and composition. The technical process is frosting on that cake, not the cake itself.

Do a 365. Make an image a day with a certain set of criteria. That will produce both frustration and creativity, so long as you don't quit. (never quit)

When it comes to creativity, remember that you are inherently creative. What you see and why you like it are unique to you. Be comfortable in that truth, then just go for it. Don't try to be creative, just be you. Be the original that you were made to be. Don't worry about originality, because no artist that worries about originality can ever be original, but if you simply try to tell the truth, you become original without any effort.