Writing and Personality

John K. DiTiberio, PhD, was an associate professor of education and director of graduate programs in counsellor education at Saint Louis University. He was a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Missouri and co-author of 'Personality and the Teaching of Composition' and 'Introduction to Type in College'. George H. Jensen, PhD, is a professor of English at Southwest Missouri State University. He has taught composition and developmental studies at college level and has published several books, including 'From Texts to Text: Mastering Academic Discourse', and is co-author of 'Personality and the Teaching of Composition'.

Engage Your Natural Writing Voice 'We cannot separate the writer from the writing. Nor should we try. Both our writing process and our writing products need to carry our unique signature, a bit of our personality.' - From "Writing and Personality"ContentsProloguePart I: How Writing Works For YouPart II: Writing Through PersonalityPart III: Sixteen Approaches to WritingPart IV: Practical ApplicationsEpilogueAppendixBibliographyCreditsIndexAuthor BiographiesJohn K. DiTiberio, PhD, was an associate professor of education and director of graduate programs in counsellor education at Saint Louis University. He was a licensed psychologist with a private practice in Missouri and co-author of "Personality and the Teaching of Composition" and "Introduction to Type in College".George H. Jensen, PhD, is a professor of English at Southwest Missouri State University. He has taught composition and developmental studies at college level and has published several books, including "From Texts to Text: Mastering Academic Discourse", and is co-author of "Personality and the Teaching of Composition".

• Prologue -- How Writing Works For You -- Your Beginnings as a Writer -- Your Present as a Writer -- Writing Through Personality -- Your Preferred Way of Writing -- Getting Started: Extraversion and Introversion -- Knowing What to Say: Sensing and Intuition -- Deciding How to Say It: Thinking and Feeling -- Getting It Done: Judging and Perceiving -- Sixteen Approaches to Writing -- Four Sensing Thinking Approaches to Writing -- Four Sensing Feeling Approaches to Writing -- Four Intuitive Feeling Approaches to Writing -- Four Intuitive Thinking Approaches to Writing -- Practical Applications -- Your Natural Style and Its Consequences -- Drafting and Revising -- Growing as a Writer -- Getting Past Anxiety and Writer’s Blocks -- Writing for Different Audiences -- Collaboration: Writing With Friends and Enemies -- Epilogue: Types, Stereotypes, and Book Reports -- Appendix -- Credits