Can YOU determine a person's PERSONA in his or her writings? / myLot

Philippines

January 19, 2021 9:46pm CST

I do not know if you can determine the persona of a writer through his or her writings here and there. It will be easy to determine when speaking to him or her in person. Regardless, we do have favorite authors because of their writing styles. I am not referring to handwriting only and that includes the flow of thoughts either written virtually or in paperback books. Can you determine the persona of a person with his or her writings? Image Credit: miro.medium.com

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Pinay Ako

@AkoPinay (11544)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

No. How would I know if he/she only hired a writer. Haha

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

You have a point. It might be a ghostwriter.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

@AkoPinay Can you hire me, too?

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Pinay Ako

@AkoPinay (11544)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

@Shavkat yes sometimes I "hire" one

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472121)

• Switzerland

20 Jan 21

I am not an expert in graphology but I can recognize some traits in the way people write.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

I can tell that you are. I also noticed that some people here are quite sarcastic when commenting back. I just ignored it and go with the flow.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

@LadyDuck Indeed. I just ignore it and go to the next discussion

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Anna

@LadyDuck (472121)

• Switzerland

20 Jan 21

@Shavkat Some people like to argue and you can do nothing with them, just move on.

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May2k8

@May2k8 (18392)

• Indonesia

20 Jan 21

What if the writing can't be read by other people?

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

That's a problem then. I think there are some experts in doing this.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (342277)

• Rockingham, Australia

20 Jan 21

I guess sometimes you can pick up a person's character from their writings.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

I think we can determine. It was like reading between the lines. The flow of thoughts is sarcastic and the like.

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Star_disgate

@star_disgate (779)

• Phoenix, Arizona

20 Jan 21

I guess it all depends on if the person is writing fiction or non-fiction stuff.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

I agree. It also depends on the readers' preferences.

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Simone

@Janet357 (75646)

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20 Jan 21

that is graphology

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

Yes, you are referring to studying the handwritten of a person. Let me add more details to my posted discussion.

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Notlilie

@prinzcy (32305)

• Malaysia

20 Jan 21

Maybe, maybe not. I think we can be really imaginative at times.

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Notlilie

@prinzcy (32305)

• Malaysia

21 Jan 21

@Shavkat that's very true indeed. Sometimes it's not they're being mean, but we read it in the wrong way. It's easy to misunderstood.

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

21 Jan 21

@prinzcy But if they are living in a state that English is their first language, then it is not acceptable. Would you agree?

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Shavkat

@Shavkat (140131)

• Philippines

20 Jan 21

At some point, we cannot determine that much when reading some write-ups. How much more in commenting here. Perhaps some members are using wrong words that may appear as sarcastic statements.

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