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Cute, Cheyne, but I'm sure Oates knows what she's talking about. And a memorable character is a memorable character whether literary or SFF.
The most valuable advice she gives in this video clip, however, isn't so much about characters, but to keep writing, even through the rough discouraging weeks when you think your work is going nowhere. Push through and find the story's direction, finish it, then worry about revisions and the fine details.
My shelves are filled with literary works, many I've loved, some I couldn't force myself to finish. Though I loathe David Copperfield, sad to say, he'll live on while Jon Snow and the rest of my favorite GRRM gang will likely wither away into obscurity, given another hundred years. I'd still choose Dante and Hemingway and certainly Austen over much of the SFF drivel on the shelves these days.
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