Writing to (Personality) Type This article was first published in the April 2001 issue of the FRW newsletter, Words of Paradise. Permission to reprint from: Elaine Hopper, Chinara@aol.com Creating Lifestyle Conflicts for Your Characters, by Bonnie Vanak Is your hero a “J?” Does he make a list and follow it with painful precision until each item is accomplished? Is your heroine a “P?” Does she make 30 lists on little pieces of paper, do one or two items, and then becomes sidetracked by a phone call from a friend suggesting a day at the mall? If so, your characters are polar opposites. And you have the basis for some terrific lifestyle conflicts. “P” (Perceiving) and “J” (Judgmental) are personality characteristics that show how we…
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