dynamiteninja
Man for all seasons
- Joined
- May 30, 2008
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- MBTI Type
- INFJ
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Raymond Chandler's type anyone?
My opinions on some of the incompletes:
Stephanie Meyer: ESFP
Anne Rice: INFJ (hmm, not sure about that one)
Evelyn Waugh: INTP
Sure.
Stephenie Meyer: ESFP
Was ExFx. E and definitely F work for me, and I think her writing focuses so much on physical sensation that I can't but see her as an S. And the meandering, loosely-plotted nature of the Twilight books strikes me as very P. I see lots of Fi with her, so I think the type fits.
Anne Rice: INFJ
Was IXFX. I'm not as confident on that one. I'm inclined to say NF as she seems obsessed with moral questions and more abstract in her writing. Her recent and total conversion to Christianity seems fairly NFJ. Having read and seen interviews with her, I definitely get an INF vibe.
Evelyn Waugh: INTP
Was INXX. More or less a guess based on reading a little about him and reading Brideshead Revisited. I don't see F in that novel, at least, and that he was a satirist and social conservative makes me think NT. Could be way off base.
Why are there so many on the INFP list?
INFPs are some of the best writers. And they are naturally drawn to it more than any other type.
Perhaps I am one of those, then...
But what draws them to writing?
Its the best way for them to express themselves.
Is writing about expressing one's self?
Sometimes, and more often than usual when an INFP does it.
What about Haruki Murakami? INTP? INFP? Lots of Ne.
I won't pretend to be good at this, but I had personally typed J. K. Rowling as an INFJ (with little evidence to support it.) I was, however, quite convinced that J. R. R. Tolkien was an SJ, introverted of course. He was a hobbit in real life.
Sure.
Stephenie Meyer: ESFP
Was ExFx. E and definitely F work for me, and I think her writing focuses so much on physical sensation that I can't but see her as an S. And the meandering, loosely-plotted nature of the Twilight books strikes me as very P. I see lots of Fi with her, so I think the type fits.