Deborah Woehr

This was another book I bought when I started writing. Edelstein lists 100 personality types of all ages and how they effect each other. I’ll give you an excerpt of a profile.

Creator Style

Internal

• Artistic, intuitive, sensitive
• Observant, sees the big picture
• Persistent
• Does not like conformity; unconventional
• Generates ideas and becomes easily absorbed by ideas
• Introverted, internal focus
• Internal world is a pleasant place, a respite from the outside
• Tolerates ambiguity, allows disorder
• Fanciful and enthusiastic
• Imaginative and captured by the innovative
• Likes his or her own company

Interpersonal

• Can work alone for long periods
• Forgetful, undependable in areas outside of focus
• Not good for corporate life because he or she can be impractical
• Good-natured with others, but not always sensitive to them
• Reacts to stimuli emotionally and subjectively
• Sees the world in unique ways
• Not swayed by the group; indifferent to “What the neighbors are doing”

Normal––>Extreme

Impractical, can become––>accident prone

The profile goes on to summarize a creator’s childhood and adulthood. While interesting, this isn’t 100% accurate because we are a blend of personalities brought on by our experiences. Many of the Amazon reviewers complained about the profiles being too stereotypical.

Well, duh. This book was designed as a primer to get you started. I read this book from cover-to-cover the night I received it. That’s saying a lot because I’m a slow reader.

If anything, The Writer’s Guide to Character Traits will get your imagination pumping.