Aside from the personal and relationship value (like understanding why my husband forgets to shave or immediately jumps into picking apart a news article I thought was "neat"), I found the exercises also useful for my writing. What personality types are my characters? I think my most recent character is an ENFP - she's definitely into the abstract, and does not need to have things planned out. In fact, being willing to fly by the seat of her pants gets her in considerable trouble, when she follows someone else's lead into a very dangerous situation. I like the idea of using this framework in my writing in the future, particularly for helping me understand the conflict between my characters. I know folks out there use character worksheets - what are some of the other tools you use?
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Very nifty--I like to think of characters in these terms--it helps me differentiate them from one another and define how they react and interact with each other. I'm your MB neighbor, by the by--an INTJ.
My workplace recently had us do the StrengthsQuest--it was another interesting way to think about characters and yourself :)
Ah, a thinker! :) I haven't heard about StrengthsQuest, I'll have to check it out. I think it stands to reason that the more we learn about people the more real our characters become. Kinda obvious I guess but worth reminding myself of.
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