Ayana Mathis: Important Writing Lessons

Oprah Winfrey talked to best-selling author Ayana Mathis about the most important lessons she learned as a writing student at Iowa. We thought we'd share them with you.

Ayana is the author of the debut novel The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, which was selected by Oprah for Oprah's Book Club 2.0. You can see a review of the book here.