ABSTRACT
Every writer experiences the pressure of deadlines, and many writers feel like they've procrastinated on writing projects. Judging types, however, work best when they get organized early. Judging is a way of dealing with the outside world that involves taking charge of it in order to get things done. Judging types like to regulate things: their schedules, the materials and resources they need, and sometimes other people. There are slightly more Judging types than Perceiving types in the general United States population. The surgeon Richard Selzer compared the process of writing with the conduct of medical practice, which tends to attract more Judging than Perceiving types, especially into the field of surgery. American poet Robert Frost was very clear in the following passage on what is required of writing, similar to the views of many Judging types: discipline; tightness; firmness; crispness; and sternness.
