The Myers-Briggs Guide for Writers
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Are you struggling to create realistic, dynamic characters? Do you find yourself stuck using tropes? The cold-blooded evil mastermind, the superficial socialite, the disheveled genius: all clichéd, all flat. But how do you break the mold?
If you want your characters to be so authentic they practically jump off the page, this guide is for you. It will show you how to use the Myers-Briggs not just as a label, but as a way to intimately experience the world through your character's eyes. You'll come to understand not just their personalities, but their thought processes, their opinions, their hopes and dreams and relationships on a level so deep that writing them one-dimensionally will be all but impossible.
I will help you learn how to use this tool not as a way to put people in boxes or belittle them, but as a way to understand them and learn to accept behaviors that before may have been incomprehensible. Whether you're struggling to grasp your character's motivation for travelling the world or your roommate's motivation for stealing your food, the Myers-Briggs is sure to change the way you view not just your writing, but the people you interact with each and every day.
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