It’s been brought to my attention that there were some bugs in the pre-existing submission and feedback forms. I’ve replaced them with a completely new system (housed in Google Forms) that should prevent issues with email formatting and blocked submissions.
Please do alert me should any alternate conundrums arise. In the meantime, enjoy!
Finally, the cavity in the space-time continuum that some of you have been patiently asking about has been opened. It’s been forever, yes, but I’m getting caught up on the backlog of typing posts in my inbox.
As a result, The Book Addict’s Guide to MBTI is once again accepting guest submissions for publication!
There have been a few changes to the rules, most notably, that submission doesn’t guarantee acceptance. This is mainly to prevent my having to publish mishaps like the (thankfully rare) case of plagiarism by one guest poster in the past and to potentially cut down on editing. I plan to keep the submission portal open until such a time as the space-time continuum should dictate otherwise.
First of all, thank you to all of you who have been kind and respectful, and ultimately, all those who have successfully torn down the language barrier between us.
I dabble in multiple languages and am more than familiar with the struggle of trying to communicate with native speakers of languages that I am not perfect at. I am also very familiar with the difficulties of trying to communicate with non-native speakers of my own native language (English). Now, being well versed in the problems of both sides of this struggle, I would like to address a few things that have caused disagreements on this blog in the past.
Bottom Line: Meaning will always be Lost in Translation Continue reading
Anon asked: “You’re the first MBTI expert I’ve come across who’s typed the characters from Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter, and since you’re an INTJ, I must know. Were you emotionally traumatized the first time you watched it?”
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Don’t think I’m ignoring them. I swear I will reply to them all after I finish finals.
Also. I just looked at my inbox…which is bursting with a million and six questions and character requests.
As a temporary measure intended to save the life of Arvid Walton, I will be shutting down the Ask an INTJ Anything and Request a Character sections on this blog. Fear not. I shall reinstate them once I get caught up on the many hundreds of questions and requests that beset me there.
In the meantime, I would highly appreciate anyone who wants to help with the character typing queue, and I’d like to further thank all those who have contributed up to this point.
In the next week or so, I intend to announce the winners of the last contest along with the answers to the questions posed about me.
Simultaneously, I will confront the horrors of my inbox. Or possibly I shall run away and write poetry.
Thank you for all of your fantastic, intelligent questions. You all have beautiful minds.
On that note, I promise I’m not ignoring your questions.
They’re not being answered in the same order they were asked because I want to give adequate time the more complicated ones. Easy questions I can simply dump out a response the same day and then put the post in the schedule, but not all questions are that simple. Some require a fair amount of research, so be patient in waiting for them.
In case it wasn’t evident, the queue is very lengthy and growing by the day. I would gladly welcome any help typing –especially with any character marked with an ^ symbol. Those are characters that I won’t personally be typing for whatever reason (most just because I refuse to watch the movies/shows they come from).
I’m a busy person. I’m going to college, working two jobs and writing a book. Any help would be much appreciated.
Please make Requests in the correct location
I know it’s easy to request characters in the comments, but please stop. I like to think I’ve set this system up so it’s easy for you to make requests, but if not, please inform me otherwise.
In the meantime, requests should still be made here: Request a Character
Also, please stop making duplicate requests. I’ve redesigned the queue by combining it with a directory of the characters I’ve already typed. From now on, you’ll be able to look at both the queue of requested characters and those that have already been typed together. Already typed characters will be linked to their respective posts, and untyped characters will simply be listed. So, whenever I refer to the queue, I’m now talking about the Character Directory.
Just to be clear, Ender Wiggin, Jack Harkness, Peeta Mellark and Elisabeth Bennett have already been typed. You can find them in the Character Directory.
Recently, I’ve gotten an influx of grammar-correcting comments, which I’d like to address. I believe grammar is expressly important, but it’s not the most important thing in writing.
You spelled ______ wrong! Don’t you understand how important grammar is?
Being a grammar nazi is a poor way to assert your intelligence because it merely expresses emotional immaturity. A grammar nazi is a person who lacks the self-control necessary to restrain themselves from voicing their inner-critic at inappropriate times and places. He misses the big picture in order to focus on minute details.
Correcting other people’s grammar does not make anyone think of you as a genius. A person may be academically intelligent, but that does them no good if they lack emotional maturity. On a larger scale, this is why Ender Wiggin was chosen to fight the bugger war over his brother Peter. Both were incredibly intelligent, but one of them lacked emotional maturity.
I completely understand the urge to correct other people’s grammar –believe me. However, self-control is far more important. If you can’t control the things you chose to say, then who are you? Because you’re not your own person. You’re simply being swayed one way and another by your emotional responses to things that aren’t important.
“Recognise is spelled with a Z.”
Yeah, maybe in America, but in the UK, we spell it with an S. My earlier attempts to cater all my spellings toward Americans (who comprise the largest percentage of my readership) were a flop, and I’ve gone back to UK spellings.
Consider this. Which is more important? Somebody else’s correctness, or your maturity? Are you simply going to react to everything you see, rather than assertively making a decision as to how you will respond? Are you going to sacrifice your own maturity for the sake of something you probably can’t change?
I am an English Major. I knew the risks of deciding not to spend an extra ten minutes editing per post on this website. It’s for this very reason that I specifically avoid connecting this blog to the books/stories that I’ve published.
I apologise for any grammatical errors you may find on this blog. I’m sorry if they offend you, but they don’t offend me enough that I’m going to spend my entire day off trying to fix all of them.
As many of you are aware, I am a busy college student, which can often make it difficult to fill many of the requests that come through my inbox. I would be glad of any interest in helping to fill some of those requests. Furthermore, I love to hear from my readers!
If you’re interested in writing a guest post or contributing content to my blog, I will gladly accept contributions from readers of all MBTI types. Continue reading
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“What do you typically do when you’re watching a movie or reading a book and trying to type someone? Do you take notes? Or do you just figure it out in your head?”
It really depends. Sometimes I don’t take notes for anything –I’m one of those INTJs who doesn’t always study and gets an A on the test (or writes the paper the night before it’s due and gets 100% on it). Other times, however, I’ll take extensive notes for a class –particularly in cases where the teacher doesn’t cater to kinesthetic/visual learners. Continue reading
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