Writing is a superpower, and it comes with its own high stakes.
It was hard for me to imagine that words on a page—mostly written for my private entertainment—would be projected on the stage of Symphony Hall, a gorgeous theater with high ceilings and velvet cushioned seats. I had no idea what it would feel like to see the characters that I had written four months ago strut around stage, taking audiences on an emotional journey. I couldn’t fathom what it would be like to be transported into the setting I had scrawled on a piece of paper.

Hollywood’s halt nears a close as historic writers’ strike subsides
Summer blockbusters like "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" took Hollywood by storm, but so did the 146-day WGA strike. After a long union strike that put Hollywood on pause — with major productions like "Stranger Things" and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” shutting down — studios are...