Sally Stiles: How to Create Memorable Characters
Sat, Aug 22
|Stryker Center
What can you learn from Hamlet, Holden Caulfield, Emma Bovary and Scarlett O’Hara?
Time & Location
Aug 22, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Stryker Center, 412 N Boundary St, Williamsburg, VA 23185, USA, rm 127
About the event
What can you learn from Hamlet, Holden Caulfield, Emma Bovary and Scarlett O’Hara?
Sally Stiles will lead an interactive discussion on three essential techniques to employ
in creating memorable characters.
She holds an MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has taught and published non-fiction, fiction and poetry. A former editor of national magazines, her work includes eight published books and hundreds of magazine articles. She has served on the executive board of An Occasion for the Arts and The Williamsburg Book Festival.
