ENTP or ESTJ?
How
geeky is it to know the MBTi types of your main characters?
If
you’re not familiar with Myers-Briggs, the basic theory is that you have
preferences ([I]ntroverted or [E]xtraverted, [S]ensing or i[N]tuitive, [T]hinking
or [F]eeling, [J]udging or [P]erceiving) and there are sixteen personality
types. As I understand it, in situations where you are in control, you act
within your type with assurance and confidence. Where you are out of your
comfort zone and stressed, you may be forced to act as the opposite that you’re
not so well practiced at and that’s not great.
LC is
ENTP:
quick, alert and outspoken. ENTPs are strong in initiative, resourceful, ingenious
and stimulated by difficulties. They hate routine. They tend to be independent
and charming.
Hilyer
is ESTJ: practical, realistic and decisive. ESTJs take care of routine details
and base plans on established fact. They are self-confident, aggressive and
like to have fun. They have a clear set of standards to live by.
When
writing them both, it was cool to throw them into situations where they
couldn’t rely on their natural preference and see how badly they coped. Cruel,
I know, but as I’ve said before, I worked through a lot of anger when writing
those books.
NG is
so down the middle, it’s intimidating. He can be introverted or extroverted
with equal ease. He wheels and deals in facts as easily as he relies on his own
intuition. He is incredibly logical but is a natural empath. He can be judging
and orderly equally as well as he can be perceptive and spontaneous. He can
deal with anything. So to test him, the pickles I’m throwing him into are
having to be worse, tougher and downright dizzying. For us both.
Briggs
Myers, Isabel. 1980. Gifts Differing. Davies-Black Publishing, CA.
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