Have you seen this? It's too much fun not to share.
Helen's Book Blog featured a link to "I Write Like...". Copy and paste a sample of your writing and see which famous author comes up . My latest post, Cheri and The Last of Cheri, yielded a Jane Austen match. Of course I'm delighted, but that was a slight departure from my usual style. Think I'll experiment with a few others...
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Oooh, I'd love for mine to come up as Jane Austen, although when we read PERSUASION at my book group, some members said it was like a Harlequin Romance. Obviously, they have never read a Harlequin Romance (and believe I've read plenty - been a while, but I loved them).
ReplyDeleteMine came up as Ray Bradbury, the sci fi guy. I guess that's OK because my heart really does belong the genre fiction and I'm awfully casual in my writing. I guess that comes from being an accountant, not a writer. LOL
That was a little too much fun, because evidently I write like Tolstoy. Does that mean I'm wordy??
ReplyDeleteJill and I must have both used our Brothers K posts as I also apparently write like Tolstoy. Ha!
ReplyDeleteOoh, you got a great answer!
ReplyDeleteI tried this a couple of weeks back, and got three different answers.
ReplyDeleteI copied one of my really old "ramblings" and it told me I write like Arthur C Clarke. Tried another one, which told me I write like David Foster Wallace. And another one which said the same. Yay! And then I put in the fourth entry, and it said I write like James Joyce. Massive ego boost. Like, seriously massive. And then - and then, the fifth entry said I write like Dan Brown....
I am apparently a schezophrenic writer. For each post that I submitted, I was described as a different author. Hmmm....
ReplyDeleteThis is too much fun!!! I'm off to analyze!
ReplyDeleteOh, this looks like fun...I'll have to try it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my Sunday Salon.
Kay - Coming up Austen really surprised me, but the post I used was definitely a change - lol! When I tried another, it came up Lovecraft.
ReplyDeleteSoftdrink - Tolstoy - really?? LOL!
Trish - Apparently you and Jill have been spending too much time with the Russians!
Iris - Don't think any other posts would turn up as Jane Austen, but I was definitely pleased.
Anothercookiecrumbles - It's funny how these change. Another of my entries came up Lovecraft... may try a couple more.
Molly - LOL! I submitted two and got different results... wonder what would happen if I tried a third time?
Beth F - Let us know who pops up!
Laurel-Rain Snow - I'll be playing with this a little more, too!
I entered a portion of my crazy Lauren Conrad review and came up with Cory Doctorow. Never heard of him.
ReplyDeleteThen I entered one of my regular posts. . .
I write like H.P. Lovecraft!
At first I was like, "Awesome!" And then I was like, "Wait, does that mean my prose is purple?"
I'm scared to do this...give me a minute and I'll see how I write...it said Stephen King!!
ReplyDeleteIt would seem I write like a man...hmpf! No matter how many times I try it keeps throwing back a man's name...the last one was James Joyce. I submitted my post about my handknit tea mitten for goodness sakes!
ReplyDeleteWriting like Austen is certainly something to be proud of!
ReplyDeleteApparently I write like Margaret Atwood, which I'll gladly except. (With the exception of her latest Armeggedon type novels. ;)
EL Fay - LOL! When I put in another post, Lovecraft came up and I wondered the same thing!
ReplyDeleteStaci - My daughter kept getting Stephen King, too.
Darlene - James Joyce??? Oh my goodness...
Bellezza - Oooh, I'd be very happy with Margaret Atwood, too!
I plugged in a sample review and got Kurt Vonnegut.
ReplyDeleteWhen I plugged in an "everyday" writing piece, I got Stephen King! Watch-out!
Ti - LOL, I've had a lot of fun playing with this!
ReplyDeleteTried this & it seems I write like a combination of James Joyce,Cory Doctorow,David Foster Wallace & HP Lovecraft.
ReplyDeleteParrish Lantern - Seems like everyone gets multiple answers... isn't this fun? Thanks for visiting!
ReplyDeleteWell, aren't you lucky?! I submitted three different clips and got three different answers, but none of them as cool as Austen.
ReplyDeleteStacybuckeye - I was thrilled with Jane Austen, but I didn't get that again with the other two posts I tried.
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