The Best Way for INFJ and INFP Writers to Work with Fictional Characters
When writers are first learning the Intuitive Writing method one of the immediate shifts that happens is the way they work with characters. Instead of characters existing to serve you, you exist to serve them. This can be hard for intuitive writers to do, initially. Most of us are so used to assuming that we […]
Why Traditional Writing Methods Don’t Work for INFJ and INFP Writers
Over the past seven years I’ve coached and taught hundreds of INFJ and INFP writers and I can say one thing with certainty: most traditional writing methods just don’t work for us. The sad thing is, most INFJ and INFP writers think that the problem is with them, not with the approach they’re using. So, […]
The Two Biggest Problems INFP Writers Face with the Creative Process
Last week I did an interview for the Art Stuff podcast with Jessica Johannesen. Jessica originally contacted me because she’d read The INFJ Writer and was curious to learn more about how intuitive personality types have their own unique struggles when it comes to creativity. However, as we started talking, the conversation focused on one […]
Neuroscience, Jungian Type, and INFJ Writers
One of my writer friends sent me a video yesterday that made me drop everything and think about INFJ writers, creativity, and problem-solving for the rest of the day. The video was a TEDx talk from a woman named Jane Kise who is an expert in Jungian type and works with kids who are having […]
Writers and Artists—It’s Time for You to Stop Trying to Fit into Society’s Conventional Box
All my life I’ve gotten into random conversations with people where the subject of our life trajectories comes up, and I always end up feeling kind of weird. This past weekend I hung out with a friend who told me he decided on his career path in high school, diligently researched colleges, applied himself strenuously […]