Why do some characters like To Kill a Mockingbird’s Atticus and Scout Finch, Lonesome Dove’s Augustus “Gus” McCrae, and Charlotte the Spider stay with us long after we’ve read the last page and returned the book to its shelf?

Because those authors and others like them crafted three-dimensional characters with rich interior lives, authentic dialogue and unique traits that make them live off the page and in our hearts and minds.

This immersive four-week course will help you build memorable characters that move around in your stories as if they were literally alive, driving their stories forward with desires, secrets, missed opportunities, and second chances.

9-10:45 a.m., Saturdays, Aug. 15-29 and Sept. 12, 2026

The Stacks Bookstore, 2409 Waters Ave., Savannah, Ga.