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Hope Ann commented on the post, How Personality Types Should Affect Characters’ Thought Processes 6 years, 6 months ago
Yesssss. I’m just starting to read about cognitive functions in depth and it clears up so much. It’s honestly not as hard as it seems on the surface of it so long as you have a good book giving in-depth explainations of how everything connects and relates.
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Hope Ann wrote a new post 6 years, 6 months ago
Editor’s Note: This article is the third installment in our five-part series on how to build empathy between readers and characters. To learn why we’re doing this series and how we’re approaching the topics, read […]
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Hope Ann replied to the topic KAPEEFERS! The Return of the Kingdom?? in the forum General Writing Discussions 6 years, 7 months ago
@naiya-dyani They are fairly similar though there are distinctions like the ones mentioned. Those were mainly formed later as we focused on where we wanted to go.
How everything happened is a bit of a long story. But the basics are that Reagan was the owner. And had just got married and was really busy. And Josiah helped run things for a bit, but…[Read more]
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Hope Ann replied to the topic November 2019 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements 6 years, 7 months ago
This week my sister is getting married. So… I’m not doing much writing.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic November Word War in the forum Announcements 6 years, 8 months ago
I’m not doing NaNo but I am writing this week so hopefully, I’ll have something to add. 😉
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Hope Ann commented on the post, How Should Christian Authors Depict Darkness? 6 years, 8 months ago
Dragons! Yessssss. So for starters, I’m the girl on staff that everyone equates with a dragon. Secondly, my very first online discussion ever had to do if dragons were bad.
The short answer is no. Dragons in and of themselves aren’t evil in the least. Neither are snakes. They are merely creatures (and I do believe there used to live real,…[Read more]
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Hope Ann replied to the topic October 2019 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements 6 years, 8 months ago
@kelly-lundgren Congratulations!!!!
And… goals for this week. More writing (aka rewriting) in my WIP and working on some vlog stuff.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic Girl INTJ, Guy INFP–Help! in the forum Characters 6 years, 8 months ago
Oooo, INTJ stuff. *grins and rubs hands*
First a disclaimer. Just because this is how I’d react doesn’t mean every INTJ would act like that. But it’s somewhere to start, I suppose.
1. How is she likely to act under intense pressure (like life-and-death pressure)? Probably very ‘in control’. Inwardly they might be freaking out. Outwardly they act…[Read more]
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Hope Ann replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions 6 years, 9 months ago
*studies my stories* I’d stay around 50/50. Part of it is that most of my stories are novellas. So there is a small cast of characters. Normal there is at least one female character and she has a role beyond romance or just being a female character. But in my fantasy I tend to write more men then women. Which is something I’ve been thinking about.…[Read more]
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Hope Ann commented on the post, Never Enough 6 years, 9 months ago
*blinks* I love this so much. It’s… very relatable.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic September 2019 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements 6 years, 9 months ago
@emgc Going well. Have some edits done and prepping to start the third draft of my novel next week. Full time work has been going well too.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic September 2019 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements 6 years, 9 months ago
I’m working full time this week. I’m also editing my novella this week and working on a few random projects.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions 6 years, 10 months ago
I see plenty of interesting characters at my job. I don’t know that I’ve put any into books yet, but there is plenty of inspiration at a fast food restaurant if one is just looking for it.
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Hope Ann commented on the post, Masks 6 years, 10 months ago
Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it. And yeah. My best poems tend to come when I’m actually feeling the thing I’m trying to write about. Or rather… that is when I sit down and actually write them.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic Prompt War: Culture Clash in the forum Announcements 6 years, 10 months ago
Oooo, fun. I’ll try to get involved in the brainstorming. I’m heading out of town (again) tomorrow though so we’ll see if I get to do much else.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic August 2019 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements 6 years, 10 months ago
Goals… This week my family is actually taking a vacation to the Ark so I don’t have much going on. Well, except wedding planning. Because my sister is getting married so today I’m actually going to look at bridesmaid’s dresses.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic Week 22: Writing Life; Are You Called To Be a Writer? (Daeus Lamb) in the forum Weekly Theme Discussion 6 years, 11 months ago
I do feel that I am called to write. Currently, writing ranks pretty high priority in my life–higher than any of the other things I actually do. My challenge to myself recently is to make sure it doesn’t rank too high and swallow my life so that I forget to spend time and do things with people and friends. Not to mention taking care of myself as…[Read more]
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Hope Ann replied to the topic Weekly Wonderings in the forum Erekdale Writing Discussions 6 years, 11 months ago
Oh yes. Almost every time I write a book the character is struggling with some aspect about themselves, then partway through I realize it’s something I’m dealing with too. It’s… cool. And can also be very convicting.
I am under the firm conviction that writing is something that does us good as people, even if no one else were to read it.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic July 2019 Accountability in the forum Accountability & Achievements 6 years, 11 months ago
Pops back into the guild. I just got home from a manager workshop for Culvers. So I’m back online. Also! All my major trips for summer are done so hopefully I’ll be on here more. 😉
This week… I just have a bunch of random, catching up things today. It’s gonna be fun.
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Hope Ann replied to the topic The Results: Mystery in the forum Announcements 6 years, 11 months ago
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. Even though I was completely uninvolved. Sorry about that. *winces at self* I’ve been traveling most of the last month and a half so I have been following along with the stories and such. Hopefully I’ll be more involved next time. XD
Good job everyone!
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*the geek invades*
Just a friendly note from someone who has gone very in-depth with MBTI and also uses it for understanding the characters he’s writing.
Studying the differences between extroversion and introversion, judging and perceiving, etc is a wonderful way to start. However, its application to writing characters is limited. Also, you may begin to wonder if MBTI is phony as you realize how often people break their stereotypes. This is when you should really study cognitive functions. The cognitive functions are /incredible/ at explaining how we process the world around us and making sense of why we so often break stereotype.
Many find the cognitive functions intimidating or confusing. If that’s you, these are the two best videos I know on the subject. They’re very thorough, accurate, and easy to understand.
Also, I don’t know enneagram very well, but if you do get into it, make sure to study the instinctual variants and subtypes. 🙂 They explain a lot that the basic theory leaves unanswered.
Thanks for the video links! I’m curious if you (or Hope) have any recommendations for books or resources on MBTI? I’ve only gotten as far as the 16personalities website and am overwhelmed by all the other resources available.
I appreciated the book The Building Blocks of Personality.
For articles, I tend to go to this site. https://www.psychologyjunkie.com/
Yesssss. I’m just starting to read about cognitive functions in depth and it clears up so much. It’s honestly not as hard as it seems on the surface of it so long as you have a good book giving in-depth explainations of how everything connects and relates.
Lovely article. 😉 You have come far, my padawan.
XD XD XD
*says nothing about the parts you basically rewrote for me*
That’s so cool though! The majority of writers are N’s, not S’s. But my brother is an ISFP and writes. And there’s always someone to breaks the ‘norm’. That’s what makes life so interesting. 😉
Enneagram took me a bit. I finally just got a whole book on it and read about it. I understand it decently now, but I’m still not as familiar with it as I am with MBTI.
Glad to be of help!