Character Development: Using Myers Briggs to Create Believable and Multi-layered Characters Workshop Sign-Ups
About the Workshop:
Write about people who behave in ways that won’t make your readers toss the book across the room in disgust. What makes your characters tick? How do they recharge their energy levels? What kinds of information do they trust and how do they gather it? What goes into their decision making process? What’s their approach to organization, structure, and planning?
The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) will help you answer these questions and more. Mix up the traits in the wrong way, and you will send a frustrating message to your reader—you don’t know your character.
By understanding the concepts behind the MBTI, you can create believable personalities for your characters…and you might learn something about yourself in the process! Participants will take the MBTI assessment (for theirself or for their character) and participate in writing exercises focusing on MBTI traits.
This workshop provides the opportunity for participants to take the assessment ($35/person added fee for online assessment and type report).
This expanded workshop will include writing exercises, once the basics and assessment have been explored. Participants will receive a 6-page report, the MBTI Interpretive Report, based on their assessment results. Participants can choose to take the assessment using their own answer or answer the questions with a particular character in mind. This report will include an overview of type preferences.
In addition, it will provide the following based on assessment results: a description of the identified type, developmental patterns, and preferences unique to that type. This detailed description includes characteristics, typical strengths, and areas of weakness for potential growth.
Presenter: Barbara V. Evers
Barbara V. Evers won the 2021 Best Fantasy Novel Imadjinn Award for The Watchers of Moniah, her debut novel and the first book in her epic fantasy trilogy. She’s a Pushcart Prize Nominee and writes about her passions including giraffes, other endangered animals, writing, and reading. Barbara is the author of The Watchers of Moniah, The Watchers in Exile, and The Watchers at War. A two-time Carrie McCray winner, her short stories and essays have appeared in the best-selling anthology, Child of My Child: Poems and Stories for Grandparents, The Petigru Review, the moonShine review, and Stupefying Stories.
When she’s not writing, Barbara is a public speaker, workshop designer, and corporate trainer. In addition, she enjoys contributing her teaching skills to the creative writing community and has taught several workshops at conferences and special events. She has a Master of Arts in Professional Communication and a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology. In other words, she knows how to communicate with animals…which is great since her books include animal characters.
Beyond writing, Barbara serves the creative writing community in many ways including judging writing contests, reading slush pile, freelance editing, and contributing to multiple blogs, including two of her own. Barbara leads the Greenville chapter of the South Carolina Writers’ Association (SCWA) and has served on the SCWA Board of Directors multiple times, including as President of the Board.
Barbara lives in Greer, SC with two of her grandchildren, her husband, Bruce, and a rescue dog named Roxy. You can find out more about Barbara’s upcoming books and sign up for her newsletter at www.BarbaraVEvers.com. Also, you can follow her on Facebook, @BarbaraVEversAuthor, and Instagram, @Barbara_V_Evers.
To Participate:
Use the buttons below to make your payment for the Premium Exclusive Workshop and then fill out the short form at the bottom of this page. You must have an Event Ticket or be a Spotlighted Guest or Panelist to participate in this workshop.
The additional fee for this workshop is $35 (covers fee for online assessment and type report)
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