"Thank you all so much for the advice. TD, I like the idea of skipping to the end. I'm going to give that a try. And Linda. Seems smart to walk away.
Thank you all. I feel a bit more encouraged.
"
Personality Types and Writing
How many SheWriters have taken the Myers-Briggs personality test at some point?
Do you find that your personality type reflects how you write?
Do you find that your characters tend to fall into certain temperaments?
(If you have never taken one of these tests, you can find one here: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp)
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Permalink Reply by Amber Medina West on -
When I am writing a character, I definitely step out of mine and into theirs. When I am working up a character, sometimes I'll even take a personality test as them, to really get into how they work and think.
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Permalink Reply by Katharine L. Wiegele on -
Great websites about personality types/writers. Hit the mark for me. 20 years ago I was INTP, and now I apparently I am INFP. It helps me understand my career ups and downs in retrospective fashion, and gives me a little extra support now in midlife... in deciding if I want to stick to the previous career, or shift in a different direction. It explains why I have no motivation for certain writing projects. As an INFP, I really need to feel a personal idealistic commitment to a project, otherwise I procrastinate it endlessly. The only way I ever got through writing my (academic) book was by personalizing it with stories and descriptions, and identifying with my informants' hopes and dreams.
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Permalink Reply by Amber Medina West on
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Glad you found it useful. It just amazes me how many people it really "pegs".
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Permalink Reply by RYCJ on -
An employer tested me... concluding I'm INTJ/P...
I have no idea how this relates to writing. My characters are a reflection of all temperments, which I conclude to mean that I too am jumping in and out of character. I must admit however, whenever I've take these tests, I always test in this less than 3% bracket, despite when I'm in team settings and everyone is asked to raise their hand, concurring to some consensus, my hand is always up there with the majority. So I have no idea how to interpret all this, and consequently don't. i just write when the mood hits.
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Permalink Reply by Amber Medina West on
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They speculate that Ayn Rand and Jane Austen were INTJs, and Kafka and Tina Fey are said to be INTPs.
I don't think it relates necessarily to what characters you write, but rather how you approach your writing. Organizationally, how your ideas come to you, etc...
Of course, there is also always room for plenty of error on these tests...
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