Friday, July 16, 2010

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 copied and pasted a few paragraphs from a story I wrote. The result was:

I write like
Kurt Vonnegut

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!


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14 comments:

  1. hale-boppJuly 16, 2010 at 11:15 PM

    I heard about this and was going to post it as well.

    Stephen King for what its worth.

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  2. hale-boppJuly 16, 2010 at 11:57 PM

    I just entered my most recent blog entry (see above) and it said Margaret Atwood...I am a diverse dude!

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  3. kkditherJuly 17, 2010 at 12:24 AM

    Very neat link, thanks, orbs!

    I entered some text from my blog posting about higher ruling over email privacy. My results are Stephenie Meyer. Not a bad deal. She made some dough and had quite a bit of fame and following with her Twilight Series books. She is also quite a bit younger than I am... score again!

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  4. kkditherJuly 17, 2010 at 12:36 AM

    I had to give it another go..

    Hale, you aren't the only diversified writer. My second piece I submitted was the blog I posted on MMSD and the sewage dumping. It came up with this result: David Foster Wallace

    I had never heard of him. He was a professor at the University of Illinois -Urbana and received a "Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Arizona," according to Wikipedia. His style incorporated mostly irony; he was an introvert, very shy and in 2008 he committed suicide.

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  5. kkditherJuly 17, 2010 at 12:48 AM

    Sorry to hog the comments.

    I went to my blog page and entered 5 blogs. 4 out of 5 showed David Foster Wallace. (one was Kurt Vonnegut) That is amazing, to be so consistent... I think. I wish I knew what criteria they use to determine this.

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  6. drewzepmeisterJuly 17, 2010 at 12:56 AM

    OMG! I put in my Saturday Morning at the Lake blog and I got my favorite author J.R.R. Tolkien. He's the guy who wrote the "Lord of the Rings". I am completely stunned!

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  7. UnknownJuly 17, 2010 at 7:26 AM

    I entered a passage from Ernest Hemingway's A Clean, Well-Lighted Place and it came up with Raymond Chandler.

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  8. kkditherJuly 17, 2010 at 9:56 AM

    That is pretty funny, Mark. I didn't think to put in something famous or well known. I do wonder what criteria is used for this determination. So.... you didn't share, did you not try any original work?

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  9. Why Not?July 17, 2010 at 10:52 AM

    I got William Gibson.. I copied A Little Boy blog..

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  10. UnknownJuly 17, 2010 at 11:10 AM

    kk: My own material was identified with Isaac Asimov.

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  11. kkditherJuly 17, 2010 at 11:17 AM

    Thanks for sharing, Mark. I didn't think *anyone* could resist the temptation... although, you must assume it is just all in fun and the accuracy is suspect.

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  12. SERJuly 17, 2010 at 12:30 PM

    Chuck Palahniuk

    I use the text from a letter I sent to Senator Feingold about Nancy Pelosi using military air craft for her personal shit.

    I'll have to look up Chuck P. I have no idea who he is.

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  13. OrbsCorbsJuly 17, 2010 at 6:34 PM

    This is the story I read that prompted me to post this blog: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/17/i-write-like-website-goes_n_650037.html

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  14. kkditherJuly 17, 2010 at 10:53 PM

    I forwarded this to one of my fellow teachers who teaches upper-level English. I think this would be a fun activity for her classes... write an essay, submit a few paragraphs and then go learn more about the author. They can then write a paragraph or two on their findings and determine if they agree or disagree with the assessment.

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