The Impact of the Application of Paired Storytelling Technique and Personality Type on Creative Writing

This research aims at finding the impact of application of paired-storytelling technique and
personality type (extrovert and introvert) toward creative writing skill of students in Indonesian Language
Education and Art FBS UNP. This research used experimental research factorial 2x2 with 48 samples of
students in Indonesian Language Education and Art FBS UNP. The findings of the research showed that (1)
the level of creative writing of students who taught using paired-storytelling technique was higher than
students who were taught by conventional technique, (2) there was no significant difference between the level
of students’ creative writing skill who had extrovert and introvert personality, (3) there was positive
interaction between paired-storytelling technique and students personality type toward the level of students’
creative writing, (4) the creative writing skill of extrovert students who were taught by paired-storytelling
technique was higher than students who were taught by conventional technique, (5) the creative writing skill of
introvert students who were taught using conventional technique were higher than students’ creative writing
skill who were taught by paired-storytelling technique. The conclusion showed that the application of paired
storytelling technique in creative writing skill had significant impact toward students’ creative writing skill by
considering students’ personality type.