Ever think you wanted to be a writer?

16 years ago

From the website, I Write Like: Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of the famous writers.

I did a copy/paste of several paragraphs, cleaned up some of the short cuts/abbreviations/etc. I write like David Foster Wallace. Ever heard of, or read him? I haven't a clue, but I think I'll check him out @ Amazon or library & see if I agree.

Here is a link that might be useful: Who do you write like? Find out here.

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User
16 years ago
Well I guess we write alike because that's who came up for me too. Now isn't that strange? I'm going to try a few other things that I've written and see what happens.
User
16 years ago
This time I copied and pasted a couple different replies I wrote on the decor forum here at the Garden Web. The first said I wrote like James Joyce and the second was Charles Dickens! Now don't I feel smug?
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petaloid
16 years ago
That was fun -- they said I write like Isaac Asimov. In my dreams! I really like his books.
jemdandy
16 years ago
That's interesting. I posted a sample and it responded that I write like David Wallace, and when I scrolled to the bottom the results page, there were icons of several books for sale by David Wallace. A sidebar also appeared for a subscription to a writer's course and news sheet.

Ho boy! This is one sneaky advertisement.
karenmay_gw
16 years ago
Oh no! Apparently I write like Charles Dickens! (his books are sooo depressing) lol

Karen xx
marcy345
16 years ago
Well it says I write like Raymond Chandler, I think I've heard of him but haven't a clue who he is. I'm a big reader, too. I'll look him up, maybe I should have before I responded! LOL
jannie
16 years ago
J K Rowling. Wow! I'd take just a percent of her royalties!
casey_nfld
16 years ago

I write like
James Joyce

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Jodi_SoCal
16 years ago
Robert Louis Stevenson.

A Child's Garden of Verses was my very favorite book of poems when I was a kid. And still is.

Jodi-
sue_va
16 years ago
Your Badge I write like Margaret Mitchell

My book signing will be the second Tuesday of next week.

Sue
Silverdove
16 years ago
With my first sample, I got Kurt Vonnegut, and with the second, Charles Dickens.
maire_cate
16 years ago
Weird-
I typed the opening lines from A Tale of Two Cities and the web site said Dickens wrote like Edgar Allen Poe.

So then I typed in the opening lines from Poe's The Raven and it said Poe wrote like Nabokov.

When I entered my sample it said Margaret Mitchell- so Sue will you have room at your book signing for another Margaret?

Maire
Marilyn Sue
16 years ago
I tried it twice. The first time was Stephen King and the second time was Chuck Palahniuk. I don't have a clue who he is!

Sue
alisande
16 years ago
Apparently I write like Cory Doctorow. That was the result twice, once using an entry from my blog and once an excerpt from a short story I wrote. The third time I went back to my blog, and this time it said I wrote like Chuck Palahniuk--who, according to Wikipedia, wrote Fight Club.

I'm getting the feeling we shouldn't take this too seriously. LOL
sue_va
16 years ago
Oh, fiddle dee dee, Maire; I'll think about that tomorrow.

Sue
kathy_
16 years ago
Lol Sue!
Mine first sample was David Foster Wallace and another sample this morning was Stephen King.
Maybe it knows I am doing some machete work today (weeds, not people).
There was an ad for King's books on Amazon under the results too. I think Amazon sponsors the site.
joann23456
16 years ago
That site is ridiculous! I've gotten Stephen King, Chuck Norris, and James Joyce.
bee0hio
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16 years ago
Yeah, I think it's pretty lame. I've gotten different names too. Quite a twist on "advertising". Who KNEW that Chuck Norris was a writer, JoAnn? That man does everything.... LOL!
nicole__
16 years ago
That was fun! Mine came up as Stephen King.....ha ha
chisue
16 years ago
I'm not even going to try it. I know I can't write worth a darn. But...this thread has been a treat to READ! (Y'all can write jus' fine.)
hgl_gaylemarie
16 years ago
How funny! I write like Cory Doctorow,

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