Your Writing Personality:Let Your Writing Show

The True You!

Presented by

Brenda Wilson Mickens, M.Ed.

Act Now! Enterprises

classes@actnowent.com

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

ICEBREAKER

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

Practice Your Writing Personality

_________: Your Name Here

Summary

• We identified personality types

• We compared writing descriptors with personality types

• We determined writing personality by practicing writing styles based on personality types

Conclusion

• Blog Invitation – www.actnowent.com

• Evaluation

• Questions

Thank You!