Quote Originally Posted by BulletsAndDoves View Post
Socionics :: Information Elements

Si: External dynamics of fields. Tangible connections between processes happening in one place and time.

I notice a lot of creative writing teachers tried to make me more Si then I thought was necessary. Although I know it’s important in writing to show and don’t tell, and to use more nouns and verbs, I always felt that describing physical sensations took away from what was happening. Who fucking cares how specifically and exactly good the carrot cake tasted or how well you described the living room. Se is just blunt and better to me. When people say Si comments I find them ‘interesting’ but I also am always like ‘And the point is….’ Although I do need to have more physical context in my stories, I’d never do them in a Si way because they always want to go annoyingly more deeper into it then I feel is necessary.
I think Si when writing is mainly seen as the sound of the words and the rhythm of the text on the paper/screen. Maybe also some kind of "text hygiene". Keeping it simple and neat. I sometimes focus too much on how my writings sound and not enough on what they mean.

But things happen on many levels when writing so I think that you're partially right that Si can also be used when describing sensations.