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Workshop: Creating Complex and Compelling Characters | Harry Bailey Memorial Library, Yarrila Place

Workshop: Creating Complex and Compelling Characters | Harry Bailey Memorial Library, Yarrila Place

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Jun 28, 2025 (UTC+10)
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Harry Bailey Memorial Library, Yarrila Place

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Workshop: Creating Complex and Compelling Characters led by Maggie Walters Date: Saturday 28 June 2025 Time: 12.30pm-2pm Location: Make Space, Level 1, Yarrila Place Fee: $15 per person Workshop Format: This lively, hands-on workshop is all about bringing characters to life! Through a mix of interactive exercises, creative brainstorming, and guided writing prompts, you'll explore what makes a character leap off the page. From deep motivations to quirky traits, you'll craft personalities that feel real, relatable, and unforgettable. Get ready to experiment, play, and discover how to build characters that captivate readers and drive powerful stories. ABOUT MAGGIE WALTERS Maggie Walters is a writer, mother, and storyteller based in the beautiful Northern Rivers of NSW. Originally from the US, she moved to Australia in 1996 after meeting her husband and has since built a life filled with family, creativity, and community. After years working in marketing and community relations, Maggie returned to her first love—writing—and hasn’t looked back. Her debut book, SPLIT: A Life Shared, Living with Multiple Personality Disorder, shares her deeply personal journey of navigating life with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). With honesty and warmth, Maggie challenges misconceptions about mental health and sheds light on the lived experience of DID, offering readers a rare and valuable perspective. Currently, she is working on her second book, which explores the joys and complexities of adoption, generational trauma, and the power of breaking cycles. ... Want to hear more from Maggie? Don’t miss her author talk on her work and discussion on changing the mental health narrative.

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