Your Writing Personality: Let Your Writing Show The True You! Presented by Brenda Wilson Mickens,...
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Your Writing Personality:Let Your Writing Show
The True You!
Presented by
Brenda Wilson Mickens, M.Ed.
Act Now! Enterprises
Learning Objectives• Given a personality type indicator,
participants will recognize their prominent personality type
• Given writing style descriptors, participants will compare and contrast with determined personality type
• Given writing samples, participants will determine their own writing personality by practicing writing style based on determined personality type
What’s Your Personality Type?
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)-based personality indicator
• Developed by daughter & mother, Myers and Briggs
• Purpose is to make practical use of Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types
Source: http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/
Personality Traits
• Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I)
• Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)
• Thinking (T) or Feeling (F)
• Judging (J) or Perceiving (P)
Source: http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/
Personality Types
ISTJ ESFP ISTP ESFJ
ISFP ENFJ INTJ ESTJ
INFP ENTJ INFJ ENTP
INTP ESTP ISFJ ENFP
Source: http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/
Writing Style Descriptors• Introversion – reflective, intentional, deep
thinking, write about ideas
• Extroversion – quick, impulsive, shallow thinking, write about experience
• Sensing – detailed, specific, concrete, write from direct experience or observation
• Intuition – creative, unique, innovative, write about theory or concepts
Source: The Reading Matrix Vol. 6, No. 2, September 2006 STUDENT WRITING, PERSONALITY TYPE OF THE STUDENT AND THE RATER: ANY INTERRELATIONSHIP?
Writing Style Descriptors, Cont’d
• Thinking – logical, objective, analytical, write from a distance
• Feeling – caring, sensitive, warm, write about personal concerns
• Judging – fast, productive, goal-oriented, write quickly without much thought
• Perceiving – thorough, inclusive, research-driven, write on broad topics
Source: The Reading Matrix Vol. 6, No. 2, September 2006 STUDENT WRITING, PERSONALITY TYPE OF THE STUDENT AND THE RATER: ANY INTERRELATIONSHIP?
Writing SamplesJuanita: Frank, open the door! I know you're in there! You
got a woman in there? Fine, I am sick of your mess! Without any assistance or guidance from you, I have loved you assiduously for 8 months, 2 weeks, and a day. I been stood up 4 times, left 7 packages on your doorstep, 40 poems, 2 plants, 3 handmade notecards, and I had to leave town to send them. You call at 3 am in the morning on weekdays... charming, charming! But you have been of NO assistance! I want you to know what this has been an experiment... to see how selfish I could be. To see if I could really carry on to snare a possible lover. To see if I was capable of debasing myself for the love of another. To see if I could stand not being wanted when I want to be wanted and I can not, so without any further guidance or assistance from you, I am ending this affair!
Source: For Colored Girls (2010) Memorable Quotes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1405500/quotes
Summary
• We identified personality types
• We compared writing descriptors with personality types
• We determined writing personality by practicing writing styles based on personality types