Originally Posted by
Thanqol
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.
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