INTJ
INTROVERT
- Writes in isolation
- Finds writing easier than extroverts
- Engages in prewriting activities such as outlines
- Writes much of the paper in their head
- Seldom asks for others advice
- Needs a quiet place to do complete writing tasks
- We encourage introverts to seek advice and counseling if they have problems writing
INTUITION
- Likes general instructions that allow them to set their own goals and be original
- First drafts may be filled with unsupported generalizations and mechanical incorrectness
- Writes quickly, allowing one idea to suggest another
- Must concentrate on adding necessary support to papers
- Recognize your creativity, but realize it must be tempered to fit the situation and
assignment
- Make sure facts support imaginative ideas
THINKING
- Prefers analysis
- Views assignments that are not clear or objective as meaningless
- Organizes ideas well
- Writes with clarity
- More concerned with clear content than interesting content
- Constructs an outline and follows it
- Papers may tend to be a dry listing of facts
- Should try to include vivid examples and add details
- Should add a more personal touch in place of cold, hard, descriptive phrases
JUDGING
- Limits the topic
- Strictly adheres to plan
- Gets first draft done quickly
- First drafts are shorter than later drafts
- Later drafts expand ideas and clarify bluntly worded statements contained in the first
draft
- Usually begins writing before completing research, which may make drafting slow
- Should try to stop at intervals in their drafting to reevaluate and revise plans
- Should look for places where research is curtailed