This Quiz Will Tell You Exactly What Type of Writer You Are
And what to do with that information, after you have it.
We are not all the same.
Writers are people, of course. And people come in all varieties. We all have different goals, different interests, different needs. We all have different struggles and different strengths.
When I write about writing, I’m trying to create a blog post that will appeal to the broadest audience. I can’t write just to you. I need you to dig a little and find yourself in the advice, so that you can apply it in a helpful way.
That can be difficult to do, if you struggle with knowing exactly what kind of writer you are.
I’ve Identified Five Writer Archetypes
Just five. Every writer I know falls into one of them — and then there are intersections. Those five archetypes combine in a wide variety of ways.
Here are the archetypes:
Hesitater. Let’s start here. A hesitater is someone who has one foot on the gas and the other on the break. They are learners. They are perfectionists. They want to get everything just right, and that keeps them from getting started. They struggle to get started with a new project, but are excellent students…
