She seems to have let her personal life affect the characters and events in her stories quite often, actually.

This is because anything happening inside the black hole horizon cannot affect events outside of it.

Nevertheless, the cameras have not affected various events from being held.

They can affect specific events, things, and people past, present, and future.

Dances, art and plays probably have little power to affect political events.

Could he have had that much power to affect events outside the glittering plain?

If you allow yourself to have negative thoughts, it affects events in the real world.

How could he possibly have affected events in Japan, a continent and an ocean away?

Players have access to seven eras of the game world's history, and past actions affect future events.

The decision to remove him may have significantly affected further historical events.