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

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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:

Personality Traits Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I) Sensing (S) or Intuition (N) Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) Judging (J) or Perceiving (P) Source:

Personality Types ISTJISTJ ESFP ISTP ESFJESFPISTPESFJ ISFPISFP ENFJ INTJ ESTJENFJINTJESTJ INFPINFP ENTJ INFJ ENTPENTJINFJENTP INTPINTP ESTP ISFJ ENFPESTPISFJENFP Source:

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 Samples JuanitaJuanita: 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

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 – Evaluation Questions Thank You!