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

“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...