I Write Like...website analyzes your writing style!

HalloweenJack

David Foster Wallace (never even heard of him) and Dan Brown (*shudders*).

deman

I write like

test 1 - Kurt Vonnegut
test 2 - Kurt Vonnegut

Blush_01

Oryx wrote: »

My last paragraph for bad romance, which by the way, is terrible, was compared to Kurt Vonnegut, whoever he is.

:eek:

To be honest, while that randomiser is fun, it's just that. I wouldn't take it with more than a very large pinch of salt. Everyone here seems to have got a male author as their literary alter-ego, which seems odd to me.

davesneddon

I got Cory Doctorow - anyone heard of him??!

iguana

Blush_01 wrote: »

Everyone here seems to have got a male author as their literary alter-ego, which seems odd to me.

A couple of people got Stephanie Meyer.

The Mad Hatter

davesneddon wrote: »

I got Cory Doctorow - anyone heard of him??!

He writes articles for Boing Boing and (I think) the Guardian. Didn't know he wrote fiction. Wiki.

storm2811

davesneddon wrote: »

I got Cory Doctorow - anyone heard of him??!

I just started putting in random song lyrics,put in Pokerface lyrics and got him.:pac:

Put in Nothing Else Matters lyrics and got Bram Stoker!

Blush_01

iguana wrote: »

A couple of people got Stephanie Meyer.

Yes, but only one person here got Meyer only - everyone else got Meyer and a number of men. They say that women and men have very different writing styles, which is why I find that odd.

cobsie

Blush_01 wrote: »

They say that women and men have very different writing styles, which is why I find that odd.

What is considered to be the main difference in styles between women and men? Just curious.

Blush_01

Linky

cobsie

Blush_01 wrote: »

Linky

Interesting article!

David Lodge's point was also very valid - that most fiction writers attempt to portray the mindset of the opposite sex at some point - it would be interesting to see which gender was considered more successful at that...a sort of double-blind study...there's probably a PhD student working on the algorithms as we speak

pickarooney

I tried the gender genie and for the two passages centring on a female character it guessed I was a female writer and for the two featuring more male characters it guessed I was a dude. Something not very scientific at all in that algorithm I reckon!

iguana

pickarooney wrote: »

I tried the gender genie and for the two passages centring on a female character it guessed I was a female writer and for the two featuring more male characters it guessed I was a dude. Something not very scientific at all in that algorithm I reckon!

I've just done the same experiment and got the same results. Female for a passage about a female character, male for a passage about a male character.

baltimore sun

I got James Joyce :eek::)

I've read all his stuff but didn't think he was an influence, I loved Portrait.... but couldn't stand Ulysses, I know, sorry, I'm a freak for not liking Ulysses.
anyway sure, it's only a bit of craic and if it gives some inspiration to some writers then sure why the hell not

kleefarr

I write like...

Dan Brown.

The Mad Hatter

Hm. Seems the thing might be a vanity publisher's scam. Oh well, fun while it lasted.

pickarooney

Was it? I thought it was complete rubbish while it lasted