MBTI and Writing Styles

[nearfantastica]

I've been wondering about possible correlations between types and writing styles lately. Does each type have a general style or certain quirks they're likely to adhere to? The only example that comes to mind at the moment is with ENTP authors. I find that their sentences tend to be terse; short and simple, more often than not. They use a lot of analogies - and I do mean a lot. They focus more on ideas than imagery. ENTP authors that I gather this impression from, off the top of my head, would be Ray Bradbury and Douglas Adams.

Funnily enough I can't surmise a general guideline for INTPs. I'm not sure how I tend to write, much less the majority of us.

Thoughts, ideas?
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[TimeAsylums]

ENTP, INTP, ENFP, INFP Writers: Creativity & Writing

 

[nearfantastica]

Interesting link. It focuses on how Ne manifests itself in NPs writing too much, though. There are other functions vital to our creative process...

 

[The Introvert]

The only example that comes to mind at the moment is with ENTP authors. I find that their sentences tend to be terse; short and simple, more often than not.
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Perhaps not. The few ENTPs I know tend to have sentences chock-full of fantastic adjectives and whatnot.

They use a lot of analogies - and I do mean a lot. They focus more on ideas than imagery. ENTP authors that I gather this impression from, off the top of my head, would be Ray Bradbury and Douglas Adams.

This.

That's Ne-dom for you. Ne looooves external validation (thanks THD) and therefore tries to make as many comparisons as possible so the lectured can really understand what's going on.

As for my own type - INFJ - I've been told my writing is "warm" and "poetic". I don't really try to do either of those things, though, so I don't know...
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