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Author Ayana Mathis on Creating Characters with Soul | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network

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Oprah says that while reading The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, she found herself waking up in the middle of the night wondering what the characters of the book were doing, as if they were real people! So how did author Ayana Mathis create souls for each of her characters? Watch as Ayana explains her process and reveals whether she decides her characters' fates—or whether the characters do it themselves. For more on #supersoulsunday, visit WatchOWN.tv/SSS 

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Author Ayana Mathis on Creating Characters with Soul | SuperSoul Sunday | Oprah Winfrey Network
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