"Often in interviews, you see the question, “If you could have any superpower, what would it..."

“Often in interviews, you see the question, “If you could have any superpower, what would it be?”

 

As a writer, you already have a pretty major one: mind control. With your words you create people, places, scenarios, problems, solutions. You trigger the firing of neurons, make people think, cause them to feel. You plant seeds that affect behavior, stimulate the imagination, boost people’s ability to empathize.

 

No, it’s not easy, and yes, self-doubt kicks in. But at the end of the day, you’ve put something into the world that wasn’t there before.”

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Nic Stone was born and raised in a suburb on the outskirts of Atlanta, GA. Growing up with people from a wide range of cultures, religions, and backgrounds fueled her love of stories and insatiable wanderlust.

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