The 4 Personality Types of Writers Up In Here.
Where do you fall?
The other day I read an article by Michelle Monet, about the 5 kinds of writers in this joint. Her article nudged me to finish writing something I started a while back.
It’s about the types of writers churning out words on this muddy platform.
You see, I’ve been studying y’all. And whether you like it or not, each of you fits into one of 4 categories. Whether you successfully fit in or not….well, I’ll just leave that up to the citizens of MuddyUm. It’s not my business.
Below are your personality types, in no particular order. Grab some popcorn and a notepad. It’s time for some self evaluation.
The Herders.
You’re like Jesus, but not as holy. You can’t turn water into wine no matter how hard you try, so you just scatter breadcrumbs around instead.
Your shepherd’s crook is the most valuable tool you own so you use it to hook around the necks of others and reel them in.
You stand up high on a hill looking down at a massive herd of sheep, muttering to yourself:
“Now that looks like a good pile of citizens to turn into a herd of my own. I will use black magic, misery, success and almighty dollar stories to reel them in.”
But what you’re really doing is selling them hopium and trying to get them hooked. You’re a misery merchant because hey….misery loves company.
***Thank you, Sean Kaye, for those buzz words. You are my 2 A.M. conversation hero and you get full credit for those. Long live Australian pesos and Canadian dollars!***
The Sheep.
The sheep are basically homeless which is why they’re looking for the herders to latch onto. They have no crowd of their own to fit into so they just roam the green pastures of MuddyUm until they spot the herder high upon the hill.
The sheep think they’ve found themselves a good home but they don’t truly recognize that all the herders want are their claps. When was the last time you saw a herder clap for your story?
It’s all part of the plan. Don’t be a sheep. Goats are more fun.
The Downers.
These are the citizens of MuddyUm who paid money (at least $5.00) to the misery merchants, so now they are invested. The downers both buy and sell sadness at all times. There’s no way to dig them out of their hole of darkness, so put away the shovel and don’t even try.
The downers don’t want to see the upside of anything because it’s far more gratifying to stay sad and hopeless.
Just toss a fresh light bulb down into their hole once in a while to let them know you’re still around, but don’t go down there looking for them. It’s dark and they like it there.
Do not disturb them.
The Free Spirits.
Be them.
These are the original gangsters of MuddyUm writing. They write about ALL the things. They appeal to all the people and don’t consider anyone to be their sheep.
Free spirits are the enlightened ones who will change the world with their moonstruck thoughts and ideas. They will blaze the trails with a thousand goats by their side, because goats like to jump around and act weird.
Free spirits and goats don’t really care what others think of them.
Free spirits would rather have comrades than followers. They are fellow members of the MuddyUm organization and they’re around to lift you up as much as you lift them up.
There we have it. The four personality types behind this business of MuddyUm. Where do you fit in?
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