Typology & Writing

Many of us have not yet explored our personalities and how they impact us as writers, shape us as writers, and create challenges to writing. Knowing who you are is very important to how you write. I believe everyone should take the time to explore themselves; I did.

Exploring yourself is beyond the knowledge of your background. It’s about knowing your weakness and strengths as a person. It defines your characteristics. Are you a person who goes with your feelings rather than thinking? There are a few ways you can explore yourself. You can ask close friends and relatives, think critically about yourself, or take the Jung Typology test. In my case, I took the Jung Typology test to better understand myself. After taking the test it helped me understand who I am not only as a person but as a writer. The test was a mind blowing experience for me. I have always thought I knew who I was and in some cases I did, but the test helped paint a clearer picture for me. The test is a good tool to use when you’re trying to explore yourself. I think if you haven’t explored yourself yet the Jung Typology test is waiting for you.

Everyone is different in the sense of personality and as a writer. The Jung Typology test results showed how I was different from everyone else. My results showed I was an extravert, intuitive, feeling, judging (ENFJ) type of person. With this being said I totally agree. Extravert means I seek novelty and excitement. Intuitive means I agree with what I naturally think is right. Feeling means I tend to act with my feelings rather than thinking about it first. Judging means I judge rather than perceive things. I feel the test results are dead on with my personality. My personality results are interesting to me in a way. It makes me critically think about who I am not only as a human being but as a writer.

Understanding your personality helps you vividly know what kind of writer and person you are. Although all my elements in my personality test are intriguing to me, I think the most intriguing would have to be feelings, which was the highest percent of them all. I tend to write more based on my feelings rather then what is logical in the situation. No matter the subject of the paper I always tend to incorporate my feelings. I guess you could say I’m very opinionated. Sometimes I feel this is bad, because I’m only using my personal experience and feelings rather than using hard evidence to back up my thoughts. Although it is not always a bad thing to put feelings into your work. Putting feelings in your work makes me think it comes from your heart and what you believe rather than just statistical facts on the subject. I believe a writer can grasp the audience’s attention better with using their personal knowledge and feelings. The audience can usually relate in some way. Not only do I use my feelings when I write, but I use my feelings in everyday life. As most girls I’m very emotional and my feelings are easily hurt. I tend to trust my feelings over reasoning. All my actions are usually influenced by my feelings. My feelings in everyday life can be good or bad depending on the situation at that moment. Sometimes I trust how I feel about something instead of looking at the bigger picture, when in return it could hurt me. It makes me think do I set myself up to get hurt or is that just part of being human? At times I can express my feelings to others clearly, other times I hold it in fearing of being hurt. I’m an open book for the most part, but if I feel there is no trust then I’m unwilling to be open. My feelings can lead to good things. Having a good feelings about something and going with my gut happens at least ninety-nine percent of the time. Having feelings is not necessarily a bad thing, it’s how you apply them that matters. My decisions in life are based on my feelings. This is a personality trait I feel I need to improve. I’m a writer and person who uses feelings to express my thoughts.

Personalities impact us as writers, shape us as writers, and creates challenges for us, but understanding our personalities will help. I explored my personalities as a writer and as a person to get the knowledge of who I am. I’m an extravert, intuitive, feeling, judging type of person. Who are you?


Here's a link to my Jung Typology Test: http://www.humanmetrics.com/hr/JTypesResult.aspx?EI=44&SN=-12&TF=-62&JP=22