What makes memorable characters?

Jack Nicholson, always memorable


Why do some stories touch us so much that
we return to them and the characters again and again? Why do the characters
come back to visit our dreams many times?

Maybe part of it is the way each
character’s story resolves itself—not necessarily happily but in a just and
satisfying way. Sometimes the resolution isn’t what we expect, but if it seems
to fit, if