My Little Pony XXXIV: There is Pony of it, no exceptions!

[Thanqol]

See, the thing is, the best writers tend to write what they know. So if your super special talent is writing itself, then, well. Your books will surely be full of excellent, empty but superbly crafted prose.

The truly excellent pony-novels would come from experts in other fields, who just so happen to be literate enough not embarrass themselves. Whether their talent is storytelling, agriculture, magic, cookery or what have you, they will be the books that really catch ponies imaginations.

I disagree with this on absolutely every level imaginable. Neil Gaiman, for instance, has never been kidnapped by faeries, and isn't a barely literate expert from another field. Terry Pratchett was a switchboard operator for a few years before he became a writer, and has been writing for decades since, and his talent isn't switchboard operating being applied to writing. It's writing. And I've never suffered insanity or personal trauma, I have cursory interest in economics and business but they're not what I write about, or write for - and you're telling me that my prose will always be empty and hollow?

It's taking me a lot of effort not to get personally offended.