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I Write Like....
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 6:03 am
by Balrogga
I just found out about the
I Write Like site that takes a sample of your writing you submit and runs it through an algolrythm and compares it to several other fameous authors.
Everyone should try this just for fun to see what you get compared to.
Please submit a link to the post on NS you use or quote the post here and then your rating.
I will obviously go first.
The Post:
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic ... 1#p2682721
The Result:
http://iwl.me/s/4ed0f33f
Re: I Write Like....
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 12:08 pm
by Sskiss
The Post
http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic ... ss#p558722
The Result
http://iwl.me/b/a85d5606
Ah, H.G. Wells! A favorite of mine. One of the classics!
Re: I Write Like....
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:50 pm
by Derscon
THE POST
The Result: Stephen King
Another Post
The Result: Douglas Adams
A THIRD POST
The Result: Dan Brown
I submitted three different posts all of relatively decent length from three different threads and got these results.
I'm actually pretty happy with them all, even the Dan Brown one. I've never had a problem with Brown's writing style; it's easy and fun to read (it's just his stories that are predictable and silly), and of course King and Adams are great people to be compared to
Re: I Write Like....
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:07 pm
by Balrogga
I've actually submitted three or four recient posts and gotten the same result each time, Clarke.
Re: I Write Like....
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:03 am
by Solar Communes
Re: I Write Like....
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:12 am
by Xenonier
I kept getting DFW. This is appropriate.
Re: I Write Like....
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 4:31 am
by Otagia
From
this sample (first thing I could find, tbh), Bram Stoker.
Re: I Write Like....
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2010 6:58 pm
by Solar Communes
Xenonier wrote:I kept getting DFW. This is appropriate.
I don't intentionally write to create ironies. Or maybe I actually do.
Re: I Write Like....
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 2:41 am
by Solar Communes
Re: I Write Like....
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:13 pm
by Xenonier
Apparently my work is both David Forster Wallace and Vladimir Nabokov. This seems so right.