Hello mam. Your advices are very nice . One thing I want to know, ....about special tips for writers who want to write on spiritual topics? I am from India, religion Hindu.
I have a video suggestion: the Enneagram. Vivien, would you recommend combining the Myers-Briggs personality test with the Enneagram method? The Enneagram focusses more on how a person looks at itself and the world related to the lie it told itself in its youth. The nine personality types in the Enneagram also indicate how the character would react depending on what character arc it follows; a type 1 positive change arc would act different compared to a type 2 positive change arc. Does Myers-Briggs offer something like that as well?
People like you exasperate me! Your only point of watching MBTI videos in the first place is to undermine their relevance or functionality, with little thought or care into the fact that millions of people have benefitted from this highly detailed personality indicator. No, it's not a true science, but neither is psychology in general and this is one of the most intrinsically comprehensive modes that it comes in. Typically-now I may be completely off base-but typically those whom deny how it's applicable in their own lives are the special snowflakes who hate the concept of something putting them in a box. But guess what we live in our boxes everyday, people belong to millions of different categories addressing an innumerable plethora of specific things, and to throw away all categories for the sake of be different is neither realistic nor conducive to a healthful life.
I don’t believe every character has a 100% of each of the four; you should set a scale for each category. For example, a character could be 75% thinking and 25% feeling. Very rarely do characters have a 100% of a certain category. Also, the closer to a balance a character has, the more unpredictable and complex they become; this is good specifically for villains.
Lol I have a set of twins in one of my stories too, and I have the same situation... I think one is an ESTP (adventurer) and the other is an INFP (idealist) xD
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I'd say he's actually mostly honest, which I also believe makes him a better liar. I mean, you don't expect a lie from a person who usually tells the truth, right? Also, I'm the same personality type, so hell, this may explain why I love his character so much (book version though. Showfinger is much different). Also I like the dog in the background.
I did this test, and it really works! My character Caroline is an INTJ, and I think it fits her so well, and I honestly came up with personality traits I hadn't even though of for her character. I definitely recommend this method!
@@memothat_mexican_junior5009 that's the thing scientific doesn't always mean 100 % accurate. Like she said humans are complicated it's boring if you just use 1 personality trait. Characters will feel one diemensional. This is just a start that makes characters unique. Will find that some people tick more boxes in each one trait. Like me for example out of the 16. I'm 8 of the types.
@@ivanmalau4945 You can't be 8 of the types, that's where cognitive functions come in. you have a dominant and auxiliary and your tertiary and inferior functions are mirrors of those two. for example an INTJ (myself) has Ni Te as dom/aux and Fi-Se as tertiary/inferior. There are really thirty-two types- an INTP for example could prioritise either intution or sensing, as they are dominantly a thinking type (Ti-Ne vs Ti-Si).
I've always gotten ENFP on my tests. However, as I've gotten older I'm thinking I'm actually more of an INFP that was utilizing my "extraversion" to accomplish my goals. This was a really helpful video, thanks for the great content!!
Once I saw 16 on the video title I knew right away it's going to be MBTI.. I got damn excited 🤣.. plus.. 2:25 it spooked me out when you started your examples with INTP.. it's my type 😭😂
Maybe because you either know one in real life or can relate to some things. Look into the things that make each type. Fi, Ne, Si, Te is the INFP and ISTJ is Si, Te, Fi, Ne. Your character probably is probably a more organized, more bossy, less sympathetic version of yourself. See if any of your other characters share variations of the things that make up INFP. Kind of like how I've got an ISTP. He's a lot more blunt, less considerate of others emotions earlier in his life resentful of a lot of things, such as coming to meetings and relying on others. Hates to be told what to do, but as any individual "person" learns and overcomes a number of those things over time. Plus pairing him up against an ENFJ makes for a lot of interesting clashes, sparks, as well as mutual resentment, love, respect and admiration of eachother.
My character, Julian, is indeed a very meticulous, dominant leader-type with a sensitive soul but a lot of trouble with empathy. He can relate, he just has trouble expressing that he can, often coming off as unfeeling or intruding because he tries to help - that is, when he's not being mistaken for an arrogant jerk. Julian is pretty order-oriented, meaning that he also doesn't like it when people break rules. He's inflexible on that point. One of his quirks is that, as he's a very skilled healer and magician, he can't tolerate any scarring wounds made to his face. His arms, legs, chest, and throat are a nightmare of scars (he was beaten and whipped as a child and because he's immortal he can't die, though he retains the scars of the wounds that should've killed him) but his face is as pristine and good-looking as it was when he was just sixteen.
I highly suggest also the book, Getting Into Character, by Brandilyn Collins. (It uses the idea of Method Acting to create your characters) I agree 100% that getting to know all of your characters is what makes the story come alive. I've never thought about doing that test for them, I have used the interview method, and was able to ascertain, what their action objections were and learning about inner rhythm (sounds weird at first) but that chapter with the example from a Tale of Two Cities, it's an amazing experience as a writer.
Important notes for using MBTI. Taking the test with a character can be a great way to prompt yourself to think about how the character would react in different situations. However, if you want a consistent result for yourself or a character, _the test is _*_not_*_ a good way to do it._ Different moods while taking it or different interpretation of the questions versus how they were intended by the creators can lead to significantly varying results. On a similar note, the typing is _not_ strictly based on what the letters represent at a glance. So many people say "oh well I'm Thinking sometimes but Feeling other times" or "well I'm extroverted sometimes and introverted other times", but that isn't how it works. You and _everyone else on the planet._ If your type includes a "T" it doesn't mean you never make decisions based on how you feel; it means you probably _favor_ logic over emotion to some extent, even if it's 60/40; or that you're likely to rationalize your feelings versus factoring personal feelings into your logic. But it's not just that. If you want a consistent type-- which still won't perfectly categorize everyone but is a lot more likely to work and is another great and often overlooked tool for figuring out how characters would react to situations-- you have to consider *MBTI **_Functions._* For example, I am an INFP. At a glance that means "introverted intuitive feeling perceptive", okay. But functionally that means I'm most likely to use Introverted Feeling followed by Extroverted Intuition followed by Introverted Sensing followed by Extroverted Thinking. My feelings are less about trying to please everyone (though I certainly do that sometimes too) and more about forming a strong internal moral code based on how things make me feel, how I'd feel in someone else's shoes, etc. When I do turn to logic, that 'extroverted thinking' means I'm more likely to consider broad trends than personal observations among other things. There are a lot more in-depth explanations around the internet, but you can see how this could be useful and more consistent than a test-- not to mention quicker and easier to figure out if you already know your character well or are looking for yourself. I know my character Sera doesn't fall neatly into any type, for instance, not because the test keeps changing but because I know she relies heavily on both Extroverted Sensing and Extroverted Feeling and no type includes that combination as their primary and secondary. Once familiar with the gist of each function, one can look at the list and quickly determine, "yeah, my character probably approaches things this way really often" and then find the types that list that as primary or maybe secondary and see what combination sounds most accurate. Then when faced with a situation, going "okay how would this make him feel" or "what's going on around her" or "what evidence does she have that would interact with this new information" can help you figure out how to prompt characters to react in consistent ways.
ENFP! Anyone else? I really liked this video! I've been using 16 personalities for my characters for a couple years now, but it was cool to see someone else recommend to do this. Has anyone else seen that as their characters become more life like and developed they fall easily into one personality and tend to not share personalities with one another as much? I have: ENTP, ENTJ, two ISFJ, ENTP, ENFJ, ESTJ, ISFJ my main characters being the ENTP and one of the ISFJ. Character Development is one of my Favorite things!!!
I'm an INTP! Yay Anyways, on topic... I didn't think about actually taking the test while trying to answer as my characters would. That's something I will probably do... now. Haha. Thanks, this will be fun.
Thank you SO. MUCH. for this video. I'd been toying with writing since a young boy but finally took the plunge and started writing a novel. All of my characters were different looks of me, more or less. Thanks to you, taking a quiz AS a character has improved my character variation greatly. Thanks again.
Aryan Joshi Haha same, when she said that they are annoying I was like ouch but I've known that I'm annoying for as long as I can remember so I have to agree with her 😂
I've watched this last year for my first novel. I'm 16 yrs old at that time btw. I'm happy to have 'encountered' miss vids, cuz she made me feel motivated! More subscribers!
Knowing character's personality types really helps me too; although it seems I kind of work backwards. Other than the MBTI personality types, I also look into the Holland Code, Enneagram, the Big 5, BEM Sex Role Inventory, Eysenchks Personality Inventory, Love Attitude Scale, Attachment Style, the different types of anger, and even stuff like the Moral Alignment chart from D & D and the Pearson-Marr Archetypes. I'm always looking into more personality tests, just because I think they're interesting things to consider. I don't have time to take tests and retake tests for each of my characters, so I've made a random generator for these, which chooses a primary, and secondary trait for most of these. I then read about each of the results and base the character around them. If there's some contradiction in the results, then I change it accordingly, but only if I feel the need to. Humans are very contradictory creatures, but that's left to the story to portray the sliding scale of contradictions.
I recently stumbled across Myers Briggs and LOVE the 16 personalities test. It has helped develop my characters so much! It's the best thing I've done for my characters in my opinion.
INTJ here. My characters include aliens, so it would be interesting to apply this. While the species is very human-like emotionally and psychologically, this test might help me map any differences.
It's funny that I saw in all of my characters one or two of these types haha, I like this video, it helped me to think more about it and give my less important characters a strong personality, without liking them too much ^^
I love how you are recommending mbti for writing. Rare Estp writer here. I started writing after I crashed a dirt bike and was bed ridden for a while. Like you said, with nothing else to do I used it to run from boredom.
Wow, I had never heard this advice before. Thank you so much for the advice, now I am going to do this with all my characters. I can't believe I'd never heard of this before. Seriously, thank you so much!
I'm an INFP! I just took the test before watching this over again. Also thank you for making this, it was really informative and it's given me an idea of what my characters are like 'cause I'm really struggling with fleshing them out
Am I the only one here who dislikes this Meyers-Briggs test? It tells us how we see ourselves, which is very different from what we really are. And heck, you can't fit billions of unique people into 16 types, humans are too complex for that...Some questions in the test are too broad, some are too specific. You are never sure what the question actually means. Also, the way we perceive ourselves is ALWAYS boased and not correct. There are no exceptions, such level of self-awareness would make you a superhuman that doesn't need any tests to begin with. Of course, this video is about using Meyers' test as a tool for creating characters, but... can't we have a little more unique and complex characters, like the real people? What about contradicting traits, overlapping ones? I can find some passages that describe me perfectly (or at least my image of myself) in each of the descriptions for the 16 types, and so should our characters (unless we aim at making them flat to make them a minor character or give more space for development). Phew, got it off my chest. But seriously, I wouldn't use Meyers' test for anything but a compilation of random traits or quirks a character can have, but I'm not you. If Meyers' works for you - great, you do you. In the end, my opinion IS biased.
There is some theory behind the MBTI that you should look into. It was designed by Myers and Briggs, a mother and daughter team, based on the philosophy of Carl Jung, the early psychologist. The 16 types are really based on 8 different "psychological functions' that people use to interact with the world. Extraverted Feeling, for example, interacts with the world as though it's full of relationships and adventures. Introverted Thinking is more about testing out ideas and plans thoroughly in your mind. The way they get 16 types out of these 8 functions is that you pick one of the functions to be your dominant one. Then there are two different ways to pick out what your secondary function will be. The rest of the functions, they theorized, would naturally follow those in a fixed preference order. If you tend to be an Extraverted Sensor, your secondary function has to be introverted (to balance out your extraverted function), and it has to come from the T/F group (to balance out the function you already picked from the N/S group). So you can only pick either Introveted Thinking or Introverted Feeling as your secondary function to Extraverted Sensing. And your third and fourth, so on to your least most preferred functions, will follow from these choices.. You don't have to follow their model at all. Maybe you have a character that prefers both the I and the E of the same group for their primary and secondary functions. They're an EF in tune with relationships and others' needs but also an IF in tune with their own needs. They have hardly developed their T or N or S functions at all. That would imply that their not super logical/planful _and also_ they don't necessarily pay attention well to their surroundings or even have a lot of self-awareness. They're very motivated, but often rush into plans that don't work out how they intended, and just seem to have little common sense or insight. But they are the clear king or queen of affairs of the heart. OR maybe your character is so introverted, both of their primary functions are Introverted. They could be a very rational and planful IT, and a very creative and insightful IN, but have problems implementing any of their great ideas, or sharing them with others. But you'll notice these examples are more extreme and charicatured than the 16 types, not less. The MBTI system is designed to actually give you more balanced and nuanced characters, that do have complex and even contradictory traits, like you were saying. It's not perfect for every character, but I do think it's often a decent start for designing someone that feels like a real human. It's also careful to give pairs of traits that aren't just vices/virtues, but two fully fleshed-out ways of seeing the world with their own unique strengths and weaknesses.
But if you're worried the MBTI isn't "complex enough" to capture the real range of human personality, you should know it's also missing lots of traits. For example, whether the character tends to experience more positive or negative emotions, which had been part of the medieval 4 temperaments/4 humors model, this is added to the MBTI by the Big 5/OCEAN model. Even this tool still misses whether the character is conniving/remorseless/selfish, or has an impulse to honesty and humility and spirituality, something covered by HEXACO. But even that still misses whether your character has a persistent, perseverating, even obsessive impulse, something added by Robert Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory. But Cloninger's TCI has 7 dimensions of personality instead of the original 4 we started with, to make it able to answer all these extra questions. Which means you _really_ can't think of it in terms of "types" of people anymore. Trying to make types the way we typically do with the MBTI would leave us with 128 personality types! And that's just if you force everyone to be one way or the other: Harm Avoidant or Daring, Self-Transcendent or Egoistic, all Black or all White. If you acknowledge that you could also just be in the middle on any of these traits, like how most people are "ambiverts," that would leave you with over 2000 personality types, really! I think that's why the MBTI. Cuz it is a really simple tool most people can learn and carry around in their head. It's reasonably similar to actual modern personality science, just the very abridged version. I think TCI is clearly my favorite, but OCEAN is actually the most popular scientific model, and it only takes one more letter to learn than MBTI. It's much more clearly grouped into pairs of positive/negative traits than any other model I've mentioned, practically every letter represents either a virtue or a vice a character can have (not my favorite aspect of it). But that gives you the unique ability to design groups of characters with many different interacting strengths and weaknesses. It feels weird to add a hero to your group who's disaffected, disorganized, and straight-up lazy, but it can sure inject a lot of drama into your characters' interactions, and fast! Same with adding a dumb one, a rude one, a worrywart, a weirdo... it instantly makes plot points more interesting to write and character voices more distinct. And when you're thinking explicitly in terms of good/bad traits, it makes it easier for you engineer characters that have a few believeable faults, but are still overwhelmingly likeable to most readers.
Geli Sounds interesting, but also very complicated. It's probably a good idea to look into that, at least to scratch the surface, even if I plan to design my characters without any specific models.
I've taken several of these tests, including the Myers-Briggs test, and they've always been either a poor fit at best or so vague that I expect I'd fit into any of the other categories about equally as well. I tried the Myers-Briggs test again just now for a character, and I see the value of answering the questions to give you a clearer idea of how they think and act, but the result I got in the end didn't match the character in the slightest.
I am an INFJ. My major is in Psychology and a minor in Anthropology [Linguistic]. I use the MBTI and make birth charts for all my characters. I like the MBTI but I think the Astrological method is more in-depth for character building. However, all my stories are written in an epistolary format so writing from the characters' point of view whether they are major or minor is part of that style. I always have to get inside the character's head or mind when writing because I feel the best stories are always told through conversation or from the perspective of people. For me, I like to feel what the character is feeling at the moment. I am not sure if that comes across in the writing, but that is the goal for me. I think that Brenda Ueland is correct in that the best stories are told in peoples' own words. In my fanfiction stories, I made Wonder Woman an INFJ. Thank you
I love the idea of characters like these and I e always wanted to write them. I never thought of incorporating the MBTI types into my writing. This will help me a lot.
my main characters so far areeee mc: estp mc’s love interest that never becomes canon: isfj mc’s best friend: intj best friend’s love interest that becomes canon: enfp mc’s friend to enemy: infp (my type)
I prefer constructing my characters around single traits, like "pragmatic" or "curious" and expand upon that with further adding secondary and tertiary traits. I simply don't find much time reading through C.G. Jung, or the Myers Briggs archetypes. Also slight incoherences with the characters can raise the liveliness.
Here I was going to make a witty joke about there being 16 MBTI types, only to hear the first sentence: "You might have heard of these Myers-Briggs tests..."
I never used these before. I did the test for me first. INFP-T, mediator. Some questions were super easy and some, could have been open to interpretation. 100% turbulent, oh dear, think my friends might agree. xxx
The first few times I did the test, I got INFJ, but in hindsight, I was being too idealist about myself. When I analyzed my thought-processes a bit more, the true INTJ in me was revealed. (There's also another scale between neurotic/assertive if no-one else pointed that out yet.)
I always see that SF are people who are in a way good, is it still possible to make villains of pure evil with this kind of personality? If so what are some ways or examples?
Let’s start by looking at exactly what “SF” means: S = “Sensing.” Essentially, this means these people weigh experience over dreams/ideas (iNtuitive). F = “Feeling.” This means they weigh emotion over logic (Thinking). So… emotional experiences strongly effect these people. If you were to write/read about someone in which personal history played a role in their villainhood, I’d say these type work well. They’re probably not going to be your “cold/emotionless” type villains, however, because they’re Feeling types. Quite the opposite, expect more passionate villains (either internally or externally). Now, before I try to “villainize” each of these, I’d like to put out a disclaimer that this is just my opinion, and that I don’t believe _anyone_ is “pure evil.” Though, this _is_ coming from an INFP, aka the “idealist” … Let’s start with ESFJ villains, because they actually have a fairly common “villain” form: the bratty high school bully girl, oftentimes (though not necessarily) rich. ESFJs can get _really_ caught up in other’s opinions of them, their status, or their popularity. So much so that they might put others down to bring themselves up… and as social types (extroverted/and or feeling people tend to be the social ones), they’re usually quite adept at this. If they’re envious of someone, it can be even worse. Another way ESFJ’s could be villainized is in their possessiveness and overbearingness. For example, the parent who refuse to see things their child’s way or acknowledge fault. ESFJs are bad acknowledging faults, and I think this relates to their concern with other’s perception. They also make good “bandwagon” villains for this reason-someone who does wrong simply because it’s what’s “in.” ISFJs also can let their emotions get to them in a negative way. They, too, care about how they are perceived, and so tend to take things personally. And they internalize and repress their feelings, hurting themselves in the process. This, combined with their tendency to care too much about others, can lead to serious letdowns when confronted with failure, rejection, or criticism. They can become dangerously embittered, or “snap.” The other form of ISFP villain is similar to the ISFJ villain… they don’t like change, and this can apply to laws/societal rules/etc… So, they can be a “traditionalist” villain: they don’t want disorder or change, even for the better… so, a pro-slavery person who’s for it because “that’s the way it is/has been” could be this type… even if they don’t agree to it. They get bogged down/disheartened easily, and can be too accepting. ISFPs are competitive and enjoy thrill; they want to be the best (similar to the ESFJs desire to be popular, it’s about perception). This can be very good when a person uses it to better themselves and to find the motivation to actually accomplish things… but, like most things, is awful when taken too far. Such as the person willing to cheat to win, possibly even cheat in way that seriously harms others… that’s when it gets really bad/could be considered downright villainous. (cheating can vary, after all: it’s one thing to beat others by poisoning them, another to bribe a scorer). So, ISFP could be the person who will not stop at anything to win… even violence. As feeling types, they’d probably hate themselves though and find not _truly_ winning and hurting others to be empty, and this may lead to a worsening of behavior in seeking fulfillment. (Or it could lead to them realizing they need to be better, but you said “pure evil,” so I’ll assume you’re not interested in that.) Since they enjoy a thrill, competition, cheating, and scamming all have added appeal, too. Another possible ISFP villain could be con-artist of some sort. Although introverts, they are often charming, so this lends well to con. Lastly, here’s my take on “villainizing” ESFPs… ESFPs also like a thrill, possibly more so than a ISFPs; they also are big pleasure-seekers. And like the SFs, they may be willing to put others down in serving their desires. So, a playboy or temptress is good example of ESFP villains: they enjoy the thrill of passion/love/lust, and greatly enjoy the physical pleasures… they may be willing to use others in their quest for passionate, yet false pleasure. Playing the game of love until they get to the physical step and the physical pleasures… and then leaving that person broken, as they have now taken maximum enjoyment from them (no fun/excitement is settling down). Or, alternatively, you could go for the pleasures of wealth, where I think these characters also fit: a gold-digger or a con-artist, enjoy the pleasures of the wealth they obtained and enjoying their methods of obtaining it, because of the thrill. So, hedonistic and lustful types. Since these ESFPs are Extroverted and Feeling, they are quite adept at this thrillful, lustful, and greedy manipulation of others. They seem charming, and hid their true intent.Hope this helped, ‘cuz I’ll admit finding villain “types” that fit these personality types was a little hard; most of them don’t fit the common “big bad evil boss” types.
Wow thanks and the last line did really hit hard, because I was trying to make them in to the “big bad evil boss” types. This gave me another perspective and gave me a lot more ideas. Thanks for the time and effort, and I can guarantee you that you gave me the answers I need In case your wondering, Im trying to creating a group of 16 villains each having the different personality, hence the question. good day!
How about Scar in the lion king? He is acting from experience of being pushed down and acts on the emotions of being seen as less than his brother. He acts truly from his past emotional experience.
By these definitions I’m all of these. Hahahahaha. Except the one who is appointed to leadership rather than seeking them out. Helps to stick to the initial word you used (engineer, social butterfly) because many of the other descriptions overlap a lot. Really helps with coming up with characters!!
BRAVO! I have known about Myers Briggs for quite a while but eschewed it because I don't like to pigeonhole coworkers etc. I WILL use this to more fully develop my characters. If I might make a suggestion; it seems to almost be like making a "metlanguage" about the character. Another analogy would be in video gaming wherein there is a "language bubble" floating over the avatar which gives details to the player about the NPC, the reader doesn't see it but the writer has to keep it in mind so that the characters don't go "out of character". THIS has been VERY helpful! and BTW I'm a "polymath", but also a "gemini" (although I don't believe in the ghoroscopes the gestalt is correct. And, since you very NICELY put this into such a great thumbnail, I realized that I have at least 1 and often 2 sometimes 3 of each of the types in my personality which come to the fore in interacting with people. lol, just amazing, again, thank you! :)
While I understand why people like the Meyers-Briggs test, what most people are unaware of is that the ‘test’ was made from a theory with little merit and has no scientific backing that hasn’t been funded by the MBTI itself. It’s just a fad that won’t die. Please, don’t be fooled into putting who you are in the hands of this test. We all have similarities in our personality, but you are unique and shouldn’t be put in a limiting category. Watch this Adam Ruins Everything on the test if you more info and a good laugh to boot. m.th-cam.com/video/_NQqSnkI32A/w-d-xo.html
There's a lot of contributions to the field of psychology that weren't made by psychologists. However, as a personality inventory for real-world use, it's pretty choppy. It's a black/white personality inventory with four primary sliding personalities. It's also a test with pretty bad reliability, so it's not actually that useful for determining personality. It's an archaic inventory based on Jungian theory (the sole psychology founder that I deem worse than Freud). HOWEVER: As a tool for writing, you can use the stereotypes it gives to help build a character around them. I just wouldn't trust a test to give you accurate, lasting, or meaningful results.
Yeah. If I wanna know what is correct for myself, I go to someone educated (I'm a bit logistician in that way), but for my characters, it's nice to to use as a tool. And to shuffle around to give them some built in contradictions.
Studying as a communications major in college I can confirm that this is a theory that was taught in 200 courses. It could probably fall into psychology as well. It's a concept that is relatively basic. This was a great refresher as it has been a number of years.
What’s been said here is actually wrong. It is used by psychologists. It is based on work of Carl Jung, Frued’s most famous student. Of course it was not created by psychologists. Psychologists did not exist at the time that these two women were researching this and their gender was a huge barrier to entry in the field. It does mirror the OCEAN factors that psychological research says are the best predictors of personality. You and the others are right that there is a lot of research that proves that personality is terrible at predicting future behavior. Those could be the basis for your belief that psychologists disregard them. That flaw though is not limited to this test. It applies to every personality type system ever created. There are plenty of good reasons for knowing your personality and those of other people. None of which rely on predicting future behavior. The MBTI has a lot of research behind it that is constantly growing. There are a lot of good books on how it feels to be a certain type like Personality Type by Lenore Thomson and others that are about how other types appear to other people like Type Talk by Otto Kroeger or how different types use objects, body language, and diction like Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey.
I’m an ENTJ and brashness/honesty is my most distinctive trait. I unintentionally offend people all the time for pointing out their flaws, but I hold myself to the same standards. I’d say my redeeming quality is that I am equally unafraid to share my admiration/affection towards others, and I don’t let pride get in the way of doing it.
I'm also INFP-T taken various MB tests since 90's - consistent. One thing I learned from www.16personalities.com that I didn't know was INFP are likely to be writers. Studied physics, always had creative high tech career...much involved writing technical specifications...now I'm learning to write science fiction...it wasn't meant as a compliment when I was told early on that one of my stories read like a technical specifications (although secretly I took it as such). Fiction is more of a challenge.
Sean Lynch Yeah, I saw that INFP's are super creative. For me, I feel I'm so creative that I can never focus on anything that isn't some form of art. Physics kills me. Hahaha! And ooooh! Science fiction? Do you already have a story in mind?
myers briggs types is bullshit in the real world but I guess this can be used as a tool to create characters that are different. I hadn't thought about it.
i find enneagram useful, too!!(in the same fashion with MBTI) and enneagram has the concept of growth and "wings", pretty interesting! btw, i'm an INFP.
Interesting video, with some pretty good summaries of the types. I'm a very definite INTP (INTP-A if you're using the 16 Personalities model). At the moment, I'm writing stories that focus on an ENTP, an ISTP and as ESFP--though it's not really fair to say the later focuses on the ESFP, they just happen to be the main viewpoint character. I think I need to experiment with writing Judging protagonists more often, but I'm a veeery disorganized person, so it doesn't come naturally.
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Hello mam. Your advices are very nice . One thing I want to know, ....about special tips for writers who want to write on spiritual topics? I am from India, religion Hindu.
How to conclude a story or to continue in a series.
I have a video suggestion: the Enneagram.
Vivien, would you recommend combining the Myers-Briggs personality test with the Enneagram method? The Enneagram focusses more on how a person looks at itself and the world related to the lie it told itself in its youth. The nine personality types in the Enneagram also indicate how the character would react depending on what character arc it follows; a type 1 positive change arc would act different compared to a type 2 positive change arc. Does Myers-Briggs offer something like that as well?
You are beautiful and so is your huskie. Thank you so much, I am working on my first novel and your help and literary insights are invaluable.
For people like me looking for a specific one-
@2:49 - ISTJ
@3:16 - ISFJ
@3:42 - INFJ
@4:07 - INTJ
@4:37 - ISTP
@5:04 - ISFP
@5:23 - INFP
@6:00 - INTP
@6:20 - ESTP
@6:46 - ESFP
@7:14 - ENFP
@7:35 - ENTP
@7:59 - ESTJ
@8:25 - ESFJ
@8:53 - ENFJ
@9:16 - ENTJ
Max Gray Thanks 😊😊
Max Gray thank you so much!
Where's MBIR? I'm a Meyers-Briggs-Is-Retarded
People like you exasperate me! Your only point of watching MBTI videos in the first place is to undermine their relevance or functionality, with little thought or care into the fact that millions of people have benefitted from this highly detailed personality indicator. No, it's not a true science, but neither is psychology in general and this is one of the most intrinsically comprehensive modes that it comes in. Typically-now I may be completely off base-but typically those whom deny how it's applicable in their own lives are the special snowflakes who hate the concept of something putting them in a box. But guess what we live in our boxes everyday, people belong to millions of different categories addressing an innumerable plethora of specific things, and to throw away all categories for the sake of be different is neither realistic nor conducive to a healthful life.
woah thanks dude
What the heck your dog is glitching and teleporting.
Magic!
unable to speak freely for some minutes ... Every 5 seconds there is a cut :)
The reason why I look for 10 seconds.
Louis Steiner I think he was joking
I know :) but i dont like vidoes where people need a video cut after every sentence.
Louis Steiner its to discard the 'Erms, umm' or maybe 'what else?' In between the sentences making the video shorter but more informative
I don’t believe every character has a 100% of each of the four; you should set a scale for each category. For example, a character could be 75% thinking and 25% feeling. Very rarely do characters have a 100% of a certain category. Also, the closer to a balance a character has, the more unpredictable and complex they become; this is good specifically for villains.
My characters are twins.
Loyal:ISFJ
Charisma:ENFP
I laughed when I relized they are basically polar opposites.
Lol I have a set of twins in one of my stories too, and I have the same situation... I think one is an ESTP (adventurer) and the other is an INFP (idealist) xD
Cool! I’m an ENFP :D
It's not that weird, twins are two different individuals.
I saw a dog, he moved in the background.
Hehe.
I saw two
Yas
So did i
That husky is distractingly cute
2:52 :ISTJ
3:19 : ISFJ
3:42 : INFJ
4:08 : INTJ
4:39 : ISTP
5:05 : ISFP
5:25 :INFP (My type! 🦇)
6:01 : INTP
6:22: ESTP
6:48 : ESFP
7:19 : ENFP
7:36 : ENTP
8:03 : ESTJ
8:27 : ESFJ
8:56 : ENFJ
9:22 : ENTJ
Great video! I love using the MBI test for my characters!
"He ate something dead" well, it's better than eating something alive
Fruits and vegetables are alive if you eat them "raw"
What's worse is eating a rotting corpse with maggots chewing at its insides. Good source of protein, but I do not recommend it.
Yogurt is extremely good for your gut bacteria, and it's alive, baby. But only the stuff with no added sugar or colors is healthy enough to justify daily consumption.
"Pretty honest people." Littlefinger certainly defies that rule then!
"Pretty honest people"
*see Littlefinger*
GURL WHAT?
He DID warn you not to trust him.
My exact thoughts!
I'd say he's actually mostly honest, which I also believe makes him a better liar. I mean, you don't expect a lie from a person who usually tells the truth, right?
Also, I'm the same personality type, so hell, this may explain why I love his character so much (book version though. Showfinger is much different).
Also I like the dog in the background.
Eclairz 😂😂😂😂 Exactly what I was thinking
I did this test, and it really works! My character Caroline is an INTJ, and I think it fits her so well, and I honestly came up with personality traits I hadn't even though of for her character. I definitely recommend this method!
The Myers Briggs test can b false you know, it’s not scientific
@@memothat_mexican_junior5009 that's the thing scientific doesn't always mean 100 % accurate. Like she said humans are complicated it's boring if you just use 1 personality trait. Characters will feel one diemensional. This is just a start that makes characters unique. Will find that some people tick more boxes in each one trait. Like me for example out of the 16. I'm 8 of the types.
@@ivanmalau4945 You can't be 8 of the types, that's where cognitive functions come in. you have a dominant and auxiliary and your tertiary and inferior functions are mirrors of those two. for example an INTJ (myself) has Ni Te as dom/aux and Fi-Se as tertiary/inferior. There are really thirty-two types- an INTP for example could prioritise either intution or sensing, as they are dominantly a thinking type (Ti-Ne vs Ti-Si).
Totally an INFP. It doesn't matter whether it's a test with a continuum or a yes/no one, I always get INFP.
I’m an INTP (doesn’t stand for “I Need Toilet Paper” in case you’re getting any ideas)
Not Totally Stupid you predicted corona virus taking all our toilet paper
I'm an INFP (doesn't stand for I need fucking paper in case your getting any ideas)
I've always gotten ENFP on my tests. However, as I've gotten older I'm thinking I'm actually more of an INFP that was utilizing my "extraversion" to accomplish my goals. This was a really helpful video, thanks for the great content!!
You have beautiful eyes!
Thank you!
INTJ here! I like your dog!
I've never thought of using the MBTI test for characters! Cool video :)
Thank you, thank you!
I'm an INTJ! This is a very good idea to use in your writings; ironically, I never thought of this, thanks!
Once I saw 16 on the video title I knew right away it's going to be MBTI.. I got damn excited 🤣.. plus.. 2:25 it spooked me out when you started your examples with INTP.. it's my type 😭😂
Magic teleporting background dog! xD
I'm an INFJ and my characters tend to be small variants of those traits. (ENFJ, INFP, etc)
Same here. Just about any NF or NT type. The closest exception so far is ISTP.
For some reason I have a character who's an ISTJ. And I'm INFP. How in hell did that happen?
Maybe because you either know one in real life or can relate to some things. Look into the things that make each type. Fi, Ne, Si, Te is the INFP and ISTJ is Si, Te, Fi, Ne. Your character probably is probably a more organized, more bossy, less sympathetic version of yourself. See if any of your other characters share variations of the things that make up INFP. Kind of like how I've got an ISTP. He's a lot more blunt, less considerate of others emotions earlier in his life resentful of a lot of things, such as coming to meetings and relying on others. Hates to be told what to do, but as any individual "person" learns and overcomes a number of those things over time. Plus pairing him up against an ENFJ makes for a lot of interesting clashes, sparks, as well as mutual resentment, love, respect and admiration of eachother.
My character, Julian, is indeed a very meticulous, dominant leader-type with a sensitive soul but a lot of trouble with empathy. He can relate, he just has trouble expressing that he can, often coming off as unfeeling or intruding because he tries to help - that is, when he's not being mistaken for an arrogant jerk.
Julian is pretty order-oriented, meaning that he also doesn't like it when people break rules. He's inflexible on that point.
One of his quirks is that, as he's a very skilled healer and magician, he can't tolerate any scarring wounds made to his face. His arms, legs, chest, and throat are a nightmare of scars (he was beaten and whipped as a child and because he's immortal he can't die, though he retains the scars of the wounds that should've killed him) but his face is as pristine and good-looking as it was when he was just sixteen.
I heard 2% of the general population are INFJ, I feel special-
I highly suggest also the book, Getting Into Character, by Brandilyn Collins. (It uses the idea of Method Acting to create your characters) I agree 100% that getting to know all of your characters is what makes the story come alive. I've never thought about doing that test for them, I have used the interview method, and was able to ascertain, what their action objections were and learning about inner rhythm (sounds weird at first) but that chapter with the example from a Tale of Two Cities, it's an amazing experience as a writer.
I took the test, and I'm INTJ. this was a great video Vivien! it helped me a lot in making my characters
This is one of the most helpful videos I've found. I didn't even know about this technique - thank you so so much!!
You're so welcome! Thank you for watching and commenting :)
Commander. I love the idea of using MBTI to develop characters!
Important notes for using MBTI. Taking the test with a character can be a great way to prompt yourself to think about how the character would react in different situations. However, if you want a consistent result for yourself or a character, _the test is _*_not_*_ a good way to do it._ Different moods while taking it or different interpretation of the questions versus how they were intended by the creators can lead to significantly varying results.
On a similar note, the typing is _not_ strictly based on what the letters represent at a glance. So many people say "oh well I'm Thinking sometimes but Feeling other times" or "well I'm extroverted sometimes and introverted other times", but that isn't how it works. You and _everyone else on the planet._ If your type includes a "T" it doesn't mean you never make decisions based on how you feel; it means you probably _favor_ logic over emotion to some extent, even if it's 60/40; or that you're likely to rationalize your feelings versus factoring personal feelings into your logic. But it's not just that.
If you want a consistent type-- which still won't perfectly categorize everyone but is a lot more likely to work and is another great and often overlooked tool for figuring out how characters would react to situations-- you have to consider *MBTI **_Functions._*
For example, I am an INFP. At a glance that means "introverted intuitive feeling perceptive", okay. But functionally that means I'm most likely to use Introverted Feeling followed by Extroverted Intuition followed by Introverted Sensing followed by Extroverted Thinking. My feelings are less about trying to please everyone (though I certainly do that sometimes too) and more about forming a strong internal moral code based on how things make me feel, how I'd feel in someone else's shoes, etc. When I do turn to logic, that 'extroverted thinking' means I'm more likely to consider broad trends than personal observations among other things.
There are a lot more in-depth explanations around the internet, but you can see how this could be useful and more consistent than a test-- not to mention quicker and easier to figure out if you already know your character well or are looking for yourself. I know my character Sera doesn't fall neatly into any type, for instance, not because the test keeps changing but because I know she relies heavily on both Extroverted Sensing and Extroverted Feeling and no type includes that combination as their primary and secondary. Once familiar with the gist of each function, one can look at the list and quickly determine, "yeah, my character probably approaches things this way really often" and then find the types that list that as primary or maybe secondary and see what combination sounds most accurate. Then when faced with a situation, going "okay how would this make him feel" or "what's going on around her" or "what evidence does she have that would interact with this new information" can help you figure out how to prompt characters to react in consistent ways.
I must be an INTP. I'm an artist but I love philosophy, theology, abstract thought, etc. I'm also very messy. Hah.
ENFP! Anyone else?
I really liked this video! I've been using 16 personalities for my characters for a couple years now, but it was cool to see someone else recommend to do this. Has anyone else seen that as their characters become more life like and developed they fall easily into one personality and tend to not share personalities with one another as much?
I have: ENTP, ENTJ, two ISFJ, ENTP, ENFJ, ESTJ, ISFJ
my main characters being the ENTP and one of the ISFJ.
Character Development is one of my Favorite things!!!
I'm an INTP! Yay
Anyways, on topic... I didn't think about actually taking the test while trying to answer as my characters would. That's something I will probably do... now. Haha. Thanks, this will be fun.
Thank you SO. MUCH. for this video. I'd been toying with writing since a young boy but finally took the plunge and started writing a novel. All of my characters were different looks of me, more or less. Thanks to you, taking a quiz AS a character has improved my character variation greatly. Thanks again.
You basically just saved my novel, thought about dumping it but I just need to rewrite things. THANK YOU and I can't wait to read your novel
Take the test. :) www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
I've taken it multiple times, pretending I'm my characters.
This makes me so happy to hear! I'm so glad you found my channel :)
by the way, your dog is a flawless creature and I love her!!
I'm INFJ and he fact that you used the word 'perfectionist' hit the nail on its head for me!😂
:D
Such a helpful video! I'm already fitting my characters into these types.
I am an ENFP which explains why I love Peeta Mellark so much!
I love how you always use Harry Potter as examples for different scenarios... :D
Now I'm intrigued to know some of the HP characters's personalities.... Like Harry, Dumbledore, Lupin and Sirius.... haha
Michal K Thank you!!
ENFP! Can't wait do do this for my characters! Thanks for the great vids!
Thank you for this! Very very helpful! (ENFP here!)
Let's go entp!
Tyrion for da win!!!
Aryan Joshi Haha same, when she said that they are annoying I was like ouch but I've known that I'm annoying for as long as I can remember so I have to agree with her 😂
Aryan Joshi Haha, finally someone else with ENTP results.
Aryan Joshi same! (Also jack sparrow)
I'm INFJ, but, I have a character who got ENTJ.
I thought I was the only ENTP in here
i think you want to say miggs bryers because it is similar to higgs boson, which around 2016 you were probably hearing a lot about.
Took the test a while ago and I'm an ENTP (The Devil's Advocate). Come at me.
I've watched this last year for my first novel. I'm 16 yrs old at that time btw. I'm happy to have 'encountered' miss vids, cuz she made me feel motivated! More subscribers!
Assertive (just barely) INTP right here - and yeah...messy is right :/ lol xx
Knowing character's personality types really helps me too; although it seems I kind of work backwards.
Other than the MBTI personality types, I also look into the Holland Code, Enneagram, the Big 5, BEM Sex Role Inventory, Eysenchks Personality Inventory, Love Attitude Scale, Attachment Style, the different types of anger, and even stuff like the Moral Alignment chart from D & D and the Pearson-Marr Archetypes. I'm always looking into more personality tests, just because I think they're interesting things to consider.
I don't have time to take tests and retake tests for each of my characters, so I've made a random generator for these, which chooses a primary, and secondary trait for most of these. I then read about each of the results and base the character around them. If there's some contradiction in the results, then I change it accordingly, but only if I feel the need to. Humans are very contradictory creatures, but that's left to the story to portray the sliding scale of contradictions.
I was so glad when she included GOT characters cuz my world revolves around that shit 😂😂😂
‘I’m a Rastafarian Targaryen’
I recently stumbled across Myers Briggs and LOVE the 16 personalities test. It has helped develop my characters so much! It's the best thing I've done for my characters in my opinion.
PS I am the provider - ENFJ according to the test.
Anyone else an INFP - T?
Apparently so!
right here!
This time I was, and I have to say its pretty much accurate too
Johanna Anuar ME EXACTLY
Me! It's the Mediator type right?
INTJ here. My characters include aliens, so it would be interesting to apply this. While the species is very human-like emotionally and psychologically, this test might help me map any differences.
“16 types of characters you need”
Me: I think I know where this is going.
Nice editing! The only reason I knew there were cuts because of your adorable dog!
If she hadn’t included the Harry Potter examples, I wouldn’t have understood a thing
It's funny that I saw in all of my characters one or two of these types haha, I like this video, it helped me to think more about it and give my less important characters a strong personality, without liking them too much ^^
There’s 16 types of personalities and my girlfriend has all of them 😂
Bruh Send It I want someone like her😂
I really like how you included the different characters from popular fandoms!
Where are my ENFPs at? :D
champions, UNITE
i used to be an intp but i took the test again and am a enfp now somehow :')
Right here! ENFPs are the best!
Right here!
Why hello :)
I love how you are recommending mbti for writing. Rare Estp writer here. I started writing after I crashed a dirt bike and was bed ridden for a while. Like you said, with nothing else to do I used it to run from boredom.
Subscribing RIGHT NOW!
Samee
Wow, I had never heard this advice before. Thank you so much for the advice, now I am going to do this with all my characters. I can't believe I'd never heard of this before. Seriously, thank you so much!
I'm INTP. Kind of scary how accurate this test was.
I'm an INFP! I just took the test before watching this over again. Also thank you for making this, it was really informative and it's given me an idea of what my characters are like 'cause I'm really struggling with fleshing them out
Am I the only one here who dislikes this Meyers-Briggs test? It tells us how we see ourselves, which is very different from what we really are. And heck, you can't fit billions of unique people into 16 types, humans are too complex for that...Some questions in the test are too broad, some are too specific. You are never sure what the question actually means. Also, the way we perceive ourselves is ALWAYS boased and not correct. There are no exceptions, such level of self-awareness would make you a superhuman that doesn't need any tests to begin with.
Of course, this video is about using Meyers' test as a tool for creating characters, but... can't we have a little more unique and complex characters, like the real people? What about contradicting traits, overlapping ones? I can find some passages that describe me perfectly (or at least my image of myself) in each of the descriptions for the 16 types, and so should our characters (unless we aim at making them flat to make them a minor character or give more space for development).
Phew, got it off my chest. But seriously, I wouldn't use Meyers' test for anything but a compilation of random traits or quirks a character can have, but I'm not you. If Meyers' works for you - great, you do you. In the end, my opinion IS biased.
There is some theory behind the MBTI that you should look into. It was designed by Myers and Briggs, a mother and daughter team, based on the philosophy of Carl Jung, the early psychologist. The 16 types are really based on 8 different "psychological functions' that people use to interact with the world. Extraverted Feeling, for example, interacts with the world as though it's full of relationships and adventures. Introverted Thinking is more about testing out ideas and plans thoroughly in your mind.
The way they get 16 types out of these 8 functions is that you pick one of the functions to be your dominant one. Then there are two different ways to pick out what your secondary function will be. The rest of the functions, they theorized, would naturally follow those in a fixed preference order. If you tend to be an Extraverted Sensor, your secondary function has to be introverted (to balance out your extraverted function), and it has to come from the T/F group (to balance out the function you already picked from the N/S group). So you can only pick either Introveted Thinking or Introverted Feeling as your secondary function to Extraverted Sensing. And your third and fourth, so on to your least most preferred functions, will follow from these choices..
You don't have to follow their model at all. Maybe you have a character that prefers both the I and the E of the same group for their primary and secondary functions. They're an EF in tune with relationships and others' needs but also an IF in tune with their own needs. They have hardly developed their T or N or S functions at all. That would imply that their not super logical/planful _and also_ they don't necessarily pay attention well to their surroundings or even have a lot of self-awareness. They're very motivated, but often rush into plans that don't work out how they intended, and just seem to have little common sense or insight. But they are the clear king or queen of affairs of the heart. OR maybe your character is so introverted, both of their primary functions are Introverted. They could be a very rational and planful IT, and a very creative and insightful IN, but have problems implementing any of their great ideas, or sharing them with others.
But you'll notice these examples are more extreme and charicatured than the 16 types, not less. The MBTI system is designed to actually give you more balanced and nuanced characters, that do have complex and even contradictory traits, like you were saying. It's not perfect for every character, but I do think it's often a decent start for designing someone that feels like a real human. It's also careful to give pairs of traits that aren't just vices/virtues, but two fully fleshed-out ways of seeing the world with their own unique strengths and weaknesses.
But if you're worried the MBTI isn't "complex enough" to capture the real range of human personality, you should know it's also missing lots of traits. For example, whether the character tends to experience more positive or negative emotions, which had been part of the medieval 4 temperaments/4 humors model, this is added to the MBTI by the Big 5/OCEAN model. Even this tool still misses whether the character is conniving/remorseless/selfish, or has an impulse to honesty and humility and spirituality, something covered by HEXACO. But even that still misses whether your character has a persistent, perseverating, even obsessive impulse, something added by Robert Cloninger's Temperament and Character Inventory.
But Cloninger's TCI has 7 dimensions of personality instead of the original 4 we started with, to make it able to answer all these extra questions. Which means you _really_ can't think of it in terms of "types" of people anymore. Trying to make types the way we typically do with the MBTI would leave us with 128 personality types! And that's just if you force everyone to be one way or the other: Harm Avoidant or Daring, Self-Transcendent or Egoistic, all Black or all White. If you acknowledge that you could also just be in the middle on any of these traits, like how most people are "ambiverts," that would leave you with over 2000 personality types, really! I think that's why the MBTI. Cuz it is a really simple tool most people can learn and carry around in their head. It's reasonably similar to actual modern personality science, just the very abridged version.
I think TCI is clearly my favorite, but OCEAN is actually the most popular scientific model, and it only takes one more letter to learn than MBTI. It's much more clearly grouped into pairs of positive/negative traits than any other model I've mentioned, practically every letter represents either a virtue or a vice a character can have (not my favorite aspect of it). But that gives you the unique ability to design groups of characters with many different interacting strengths and weaknesses. It feels weird to add a hero to your group who's disaffected, disorganized, and straight-up lazy, but it can sure inject a lot of drama into your characters' interactions, and fast! Same with adding a dumb one, a rude one, a worrywart, a weirdo... it instantly makes plot points more interesting to write and character voices more distinct. And when you're thinking explicitly in terms of good/bad traits, it makes it easier for you engineer characters that have a few believeable faults, but are still overwhelmingly likeable to most readers.
Kenny same though
Geli Sounds interesting, but also very complicated. It's probably a good idea to look into that, at least to scratch the surface, even if I plan to design my characters without any specific models.
I've taken several of these tests, including the Myers-Briggs test, and they've always been either a poor fit at best or so vague that I expect I'd fit into any of the other categories about equally as well. I tried the Myers-Briggs test again just now for a character, and I see the value of answering the questions to give you a clearer idea of how they think and act, but the result I got in the end didn't match the character in the slightest.
Glad she gave examples, simplifys the character types
Whoever disliked this video come over and fight me
YES! Haha, thank you for defending me, you kind soul!
+Vivien Reis I would be honored if you check out my channel
agreed!
im with ya siobhan lets getem
siobhan murray amen
I am an INFJ. My major is in Psychology and a minor in Anthropology [Linguistic]. I use the MBTI and make birth charts for all my characters. I like the MBTI but I think the Astrological method is more in-depth for character building. However, all my stories are written in an epistolary format so writing from the characters' point of view whether they are major or minor is part of that style. I always have to get inside the character's head or mind when writing because I feel the best stories are always told through conversation or from the perspective of people. For me, I like to feel what the character is feeling at the moment. I am not sure if that comes across in the writing, but that is the goal for me. I think that Brenda Ueland is correct in that the best stories are told in peoples' own words. In my fanfiction stories, I made Wonder Woman an INFJ. Thank you
My MC is the leader of a gang, and he's the executive, the perfectionist and organized leader
Perfect for how I wanted my character to be
I love the idea of characters like these and I e always wanted to write them. I never thought of incorporating the MBTI types into my writing. This will help me a lot.
I'm an even mix between The Devils Advocate and The Guardian.... for whatever that's worth.
I've definitely got some of the devil's advocate too...everyone around me says I should have been a lawyer. I kind of like to argue :)
Vivien Reis Used to want to be one, before I got hurt... then things changed.
+J.R. Handley And then the writing bug bit us 😎
Vivien Reis Who knew, yeah? LOL!! What started as therapy became so much more for me.
I believe 2 personalities put together is called joint-personality. I’m an ENTJ and ESTJ
Love the ending. Btw your videos swivel my head around when dealing with writer's block. U help unclog my backed up ideas.
not going to lie, I'm finding the dog spontaneously teleporting around the room in the background highly distracting X-D
It gives me a kick every time they teleport. Gives you something to look at other than my blabbering face :)
but dogs are already distracting when not teleporting=-p lol
The dog is adorable.
my main characters so far areeee
mc: estp
mc’s love interest that never becomes canon: isfj
mc’s best friend: intj
best friend’s love interest that becomes canon: enfp
mc’s friend to enemy: infp (my type)
If only Robb Stark had kept his promises :'(
I am an ISTJ. I model my main character Michael after myself. Michael, the ISTJ former spy. 2:50
ENFP squad
ENFP unite
I prefer constructing my characters around single traits, like "pragmatic" or "curious" and expand upon that with further adding secondary and tertiary traits. I simply don't find much time reading through C.G. Jung, or the Myers Briggs archetypes.
Also slight incoherences with the characters can raise the liveliness.
Here I was going to make a witty joke about there being 16 MBTI types, only to hear the first sentence: "You might have heard of these Myers-Briggs tests..."
:)
I never used these before. I did the test for me first. INFP-T, mediator. Some questions were super easy and some, could have been open to interpretation. 100% turbulent, oh dear, think my friends might agree. xxx
For the Idealist, couldn't Tyrion fit in there also?
Absolutely!
Allen Hill
As someone who studied MBTI for more than a year, I can tell you he is definitely an ENTP and definitely not an Idealist.
The first few times I did the test, I got INFJ, but in hindsight, I was being too idealist about myself. When I analyzed my thought-processes a bit more, the true INTJ in me was revealed.
(There's also another scale between neurotic/assertive if no-one else pointed that out yet.)
I always see that SF are people who are in a way good, is it still possible to make villains of pure evil with this kind of personality?
If so what are some ways or examples?
Let’s start by looking at exactly what “SF” means:
S = “Sensing.” Essentially, this means these people weigh experience over dreams/ideas (iNtuitive).
F = “Feeling.” This means they weigh emotion over logic (Thinking).
So… emotional experiences strongly effect these people. If you were to write/read about someone in which personal history played a role in their villainhood, I’d say these type work well. They’re probably not going to be your “cold/emotionless” type villains, however, because they’re Feeling types. Quite the opposite, expect more passionate villains (either internally or externally).
Now, before I try to “villainize” each of these, I’d like to put out a disclaimer that this is just my opinion, and that I don’t believe _anyone_ is “pure evil.” Though, this _is_ coming from an INFP, aka the “idealist” …
Let’s start with ESFJ villains, because they actually have a fairly common “villain” form: the bratty high school bully girl, oftentimes (though not necessarily) rich. ESFJs can get _really_ caught up in other’s opinions of them, their status, or their popularity. So much so that they might put others down to bring themselves up… and as social types (extroverted/and or feeling people tend to be the social ones), they’re usually quite adept at this. If they’re envious of someone, it can be even worse. Another way ESFJ’s could be villainized is in their possessiveness and overbearingness. For example, the parent who refuse to see things their child’s way or acknowledge fault. ESFJs are bad acknowledging faults, and I think this relates to their concern with other’s perception. They also make good “bandwagon” villains for this reason-someone who does wrong simply because it’s what’s “in.”
ISFJs also can let their emotions get to them in a negative way. They, too, care about how they are perceived, and so tend to take things personally. And they internalize and repress their feelings, hurting themselves in the process. This, combined with their tendency to care too much about others, can lead to serious letdowns when confronted with failure, rejection, or criticism. They can become dangerously embittered, or “snap.” The other form of ISFP villain is similar to the ISFJ villain… they don’t like change, and this can apply to laws/societal rules/etc… So, they can be a “traditionalist” villain: they don’t want disorder or change, even for the better… so, a pro-slavery person who’s for it because “that’s the way it is/has been” could be this type… even if they don’t agree to it. They get bogged down/disheartened easily, and can be too accepting.
ISFPs are competitive and enjoy thrill; they want to be the best (similar to the ESFJs desire to be popular, it’s about perception). This can be very good when a person uses it to better themselves and to find the motivation to actually accomplish things… but, like most things, is awful when taken too far. Such as the person willing to cheat to win, possibly even cheat in way that seriously harms others… that’s when it gets really bad/could be considered downright villainous. (cheating can vary, after all: it’s one thing to beat others by poisoning them, another to bribe a scorer). So, ISFP could be the person who will not stop at anything to win… even violence. As feeling types, they’d probably hate themselves though and find not _truly_ winning and hurting others to be empty, and this may lead to a worsening of behavior in seeking fulfillment. (Or it could lead to them realizing they need to be better, but you said “pure evil,” so I’ll assume you’re not interested in that.) Since they enjoy a thrill, competition, cheating, and scamming all have added appeal, too. Another possible ISFP villain could be con-artist of some sort. Although introverts, they are often charming, so this lends well to con.
Lastly, here’s my take on “villainizing” ESFPs… ESFPs also like a thrill, possibly more so than a ISFPs; they also are big pleasure-seekers. And like the SFs, they may be willing to put others down in serving their desires. So, a playboy or temptress is good example of ESFP villains: they enjoy the thrill of passion/love/lust, and greatly enjoy the physical pleasures… they may be willing to use others in their quest for passionate, yet false pleasure. Playing the game of love until they get to the physical step and the physical pleasures… and then leaving that person broken, as they have now taken maximum enjoyment from them (no fun/excitement is settling down). Or, alternatively, you could go for the pleasures of wealth, where I think these characters also fit: a gold-digger or a con-artist, enjoy the pleasures of the wealth they obtained and enjoying their methods of obtaining it, because of the thrill. So, hedonistic and lustful types. Since these ESFPs are Extroverted and Feeling, they are quite adept at this thrillful, lustful, and greedy manipulation of others. They seem charming, and hid their true intent.Hope this helped, ‘cuz I’ll admit finding villain “types” that fit these personality types was a little hard; most of them don’t fit the common “big bad evil boss” types.
Wow thanks and the last line did really hit hard, because I was trying to make them in to the “big bad evil boss” types. This gave me another perspective and gave me a lot more ideas. Thanks for the time and effort, and I can guarantee you that you gave me the answers I need
In case your wondering, Im trying to creating a group of 16 villains each having the different personality, hence the question.
good day!
How about Scar in the lion king? He is acting from experience of being pushed down and acts on the emotions of being seen as less than his brother. He acts truly from his past emotional experience.
By these definitions I’m all of these. Hahahahaha. Except the one who is appointed to leadership rather than seeking them out. Helps to stick to the initial word you used (engineer, social butterfly) because many of the other descriptions overlap a lot. Really helps with coming up with characters!!
Am I the only INFJ here? I wouldn't be surprised.
INFJ here as well! =)
Cool :)
What's that stand for again?
I'm one!
I'm INFJ. I've ready many times that we're the rarest personality type.
i did not expect you to be incorporating MBTI into this and im pleasantly surprised -u- INTPs whoot
INTP... that's me...
Same
Goddess Lee hell yesss😀
Yep same here!
same
BRAVO! I have known about Myers Briggs for quite a while but eschewed it because I don't like to pigeonhole coworkers etc. I WILL use this to more fully develop my characters. If I might make a suggestion; it seems to almost be like making a "metlanguage" about the character. Another analogy would be in video gaming wherein there is a "language bubble" floating over the avatar which gives details to the player about the NPC, the reader doesn't see it but the writer has to keep it in mind so that the characters don't go "out of character". THIS has been VERY helpful! and BTW I'm a "polymath", but also a "gemini" (although I don't believe in the ghoroscopes the gestalt is correct. And, since you very NICELY put this into such a great thumbnail, I realized that I have at least 1 and often 2 sometimes 3 of each of the types in my personality which come to the fore in interacting with people. lol, just amazing, again, thank you! :)
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Fabulous video. I'm an INFP. This idea is going to help to get to know my characters better and how they will react with others. Thanks.
You're so welcome!
I'm an INFP too!
Most of my characters are easy because they are based of real people
Some of mine are too :)
ENTJ - very helpful information. Thank you
While I understand why people like the Meyers-Briggs test, what most people are unaware of is that the ‘test’ was made from a theory with little merit and has no scientific backing that hasn’t been funded by the MBTI itself. It’s just a fad that won’t die.
Please, don’t be fooled into putting who you are in the hands of this test. We all have similarities in our personality, but you are unique and shouldn’t be put in a limiting category.
Watch this Adam Ruins Everything on the test if you more info and a good laugh to boot.
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So glad I found this video and your channel! I'm an INFJ and completely OBSESSED with Myers Briggs. :D
Aww thank you! I find it interesting to see how Myers Briggs overlays with Astrology. I should do a spin off on astrological characters O.O
That would be totally awesome!!
The sad thing is that almost all psychologists disregard this test because it was made by people who have no knowledge in the field of Psychology.
There's a lot of contributions to the field of psychology that weren't made by psychologists. However, as a personality inventory for real-world use, it's pretty choppy. It's a black/white personality inventory with four primary sliding personalities. It's also a test with pretty bad reliability, so it's not actually that useful for determining personality. It's an archaic inventory based on Jungian theory (the sole psychology founder that I deem worse than Freud). HOWEVER: As a tool for writing, you can use the stereotypes it gives to help build a character around them. I just wouldn't trust a test to give you accurate, lasting, or meaningful results.
Yeah. If I wanna know what is correct for myself, I go to someone educated (I'm a bit logistician in that way), but for my characters, it's nice to to use as a tool. And to shuffle around to give them some built in contradictions.
Studying as a communications major in college I can confirm that this is a theory that was taught in 200 courses. It could probably fall into psychology as well. It's a concept that is relatively basic. This was a great refresher as it has been a number of years.
What’s been said here is actually wrong. It is used by psychologists. It is based on work of Carl Jung, Frued’s most famous student. Of course it was not created by psychologists. Psychologists did not exist at the time that these two women were researching this and their gender was a huge barrier to entry in the field.
It does mirror the OCEAN factors that psychological research says are the best predictors of personality.
You and the others are right that there is a lot of research that proves that personality is terrible at predicting future behavior. Those could be the basis for your belief that psychologists disregard them. That flaw though is not limited to this test. It applies to every personality type system ever created. There are plenty of good reasons for knowing your personality and those of other people. None of which rely on predicting future behavior.
The MBTI has a lot of research behind it that is constantly growing. There are a lot of good books on how it feels to be a certain type like Personality Type by Lenore Thomson and others that are about how other types appear to other people like Type Talk by Otto Kroeger or how different types use objects, body language, and diction like Please Understand Me II by David Keirsey.
@@cameronfreeman5592 Wow, I don't know how you can say that Jung is worse than Freud, but I respect your opinion haha
I love using this and Enneagram for developing characters! It's so helpful!
I'm an INFJ-T
I’m an ENTJ and brashness/honesty is my most distinctive trait. I unintentionally offend people all the time for pointing out their flaws, but I hold myself to the same standards.
I’d say my redeeming quality is that I am equally unafraid to share my admiration/affection towards others, and I don’t let pride get in the way of doing it.
Thanks for not saying that our primary goal is to rule the world - because people shouldnt know that. :-P
#INTJ
thor horst Hah.
I just started using this for my characters! Thanks for the video! And I'm an INFP-T!
You're so very welcome!
I'm also INFP-T taken various MB tests since 90's - consistent.
One thing I learned from www.16personalities.com that I didn't know was INFP are likely to be writers.
Studied physics, always had creative high tech career...much involved writing technical specifications...now I'm learning to write science fiction...it wasn't meant as a compliment when I was told early on that one of my stories read like a technical specifications (although secretly I took it as such). Fiction is more of a challenge.
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Yeah, I saw that INFP's are super creative. For me, I feel I'm so creative that I can never focus on anything that isn't some form of art. Physics kills me. Hahaha!
And ooooh! Science fiction? Do you already have a story in mind?
myers briggs types is bullshit in the real world but I guess this can be used as a tool to create characters that are different. I hadn't thought about it.
i find enneagram useful, too!!(in the same fashion with MBTI) and enneagram has the concept of growth and "wings", pretty interesting!
btw, i'm an INFP.
y so many cuts
awesome turtle all these fucking you tubers are doing it these days. It's like they can't talk for more than 7 seconds... Cut
it takes a lot of time to script and practice and re-record to get a single piece...
or you can go crazy and build a teleprompter
Interesting video, with some pretty good summaries of the types. I'm a very definite INTP (INTP-A if you're using the 16 Personalities model). At the moment, I'm writing stories that focus on an ENTP, an ISTP and as ESFP--though it's not really fair to say the later focuses on the ESFP, they just happen to be the main viewpoint character. I think I need to experiment with writing Judging protagonists more often, but I'm a veeery disorganized person, so it doesn't come naturally.
(INFP here) I was debating with myself about using the MBTI system for my characters, but it definitely seems useful.
Oh my goodness, I do this! SO glad to find another novelist who does :)