I Write Like

Using some Dutch text, it says I write like J.D. Salinger.
 
Sander said:
Using some Dutch text, it says I write like J.D. Salinger.
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I used some Danish shit, and it said I write like James Joyce.

Danish is superior and actually releases a book once in a while and the Dutch just inspire people to go out and kill phonies.
 
Mostly everything is either James Joyce or David Foster Wallace. I put in some Hemingway, it says James Joyce; put in some F. Scott Fitzgerald, it says H. P. Lovecraft. Hell, put in some Shakespeare, it says James Joyce! Put in an excerpt from a mainstream commercial author, like Stephen King, J. K. Rowling, or *shudder* Stephenie Meyer, it comes back as themselves. :|
 
Entered the first page from Hard Times by Charles Dickens: I write like James Joyce.

Entered the first page of Little Dorit by Charles Dickens: I write like Daniel Defoe.

Entered the first page of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Finally! I write like Dickens! :D

Entered the first page of Middlemarch by George Eliot. I write like Edgar Allan Poe. :(

Then I gave up.
 
I randomly pulled a shitty poem out of my ass....no pun intended and I write like Cory Doctorow.

I had to look him up. I'm not up to snuff with modern writers.
 
I apparently write like Dan Brown author of the , "The Da Vinci Code" not that I've ever read it. I had to look this guy up..

After making up a quick couple of paragraphs about two brothers meeting each other on the opposing sides of the battlefield.
 
Pasted some short story [i had written]and it said Stephen King. Haven't read anything from the man, but it sure beats Dan Brown :D
 
Dan Brown :___(

I wrote a "story" about two Russian Pentobarbital junkies who are thrown off a cliff (after being chained to a tree for 3 days and nights) by 4 cossacks after one of the junkies allegedly raped one of the ugly hairy and smelly cossacks women . (situated in the sexy 30's)
 
Put in a random selection of 12 George Orwell essays. Never once said they were 'his' style. Usually said he wrote like Allen Poe. Odd.

Used a few of my longer posts, and it seemed to be completly random. Never used any authors that actually inspired my style of writing.
 
I just now typed in:
"qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq"

apparently that's Cory Doctorow's style, that person must have written some interesting novels.
 
yeah it definetly is completely random.

when typing : Ana bekhair Kanun Ittani, Yanayir Ab, Aghustus Kanun Illau'wal, Desember

it tells : you write like P. G. Wodehouse

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Uhm... again: you have to write at least a couple of paragraphs. It doesn't work properly if you don't.
 
Apparently when I write at NMA I write like Cory Doctorow. For formal papers, I write like H. P. Lovecraft or Dan Brown.

(And yes this post apparently is written like Cory Doctorow)
 
Brother None said:
What a bunch of killjoys in this thread.

Interesting. How about a quick experiment...
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For reliable results paste at least a few paragraphs (not tweets).

Not saying it's for real, we all know what these kinds of sites are for, even a real style analyst can't match you up with authors, but ignoring its instructions to "test" it is asinine.
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Pasting a few paragraphs merely increases the chance that you'll hit on multiple keywords. The end result is just as meaningless as pasting a single sentence.


Brother None said:
At least some of the sentence-tests are funny tho, but c'mon, why so serious?
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Because it's a scam. That's all there is to it. Here's a more in-depth summary of the shit I was talking about earlier, from one of the links Alphadrop posted.

nielsenhayden.com said:
So I went to the I Write Like site, subject of the post just below, and entered this text:

asdp0o pvpm eropms spe pebps.

And it told me I write like James Joyce.

Not even trying? Not even rational! Therefore, I asked myself, what’s the scam? So I looked at the rest of the text on the results page:

Great job! Do you want to get your book published?

“I have personally read through thousands of book proposals in my career as a publisher and agent. I know what these professionals are looking for—and what they are not looking for.”
— Michael Hyatt, Chairman and CEO of Thomas Nelson Publishers.

Learn how to secure a book publishing contract!

That little bit includes two links, both to the same page: http://michaelhyatt.com/products/ebook-writing-a-winning-book-proposal

Yep, it’s SEO. And they’re using social engineering to get those links wide-spread and high in the Google stats. Helpful little cut-n-paste code to put in your blog!

But wait! There’s more!

Go over to that advertised page, and you’ll find a pair of $19.97 e-books by the above-said and afore-mentioned Michael Hyatt. These books promise to tell you such insider secrets as how to “avoid the three items you should NEVER include in a fiction book proposal.” Wow, I can’t wait to find out.

So, who’s Michael Hyatt, and what is Thomas Nelson?

Do you all recall Harlequin, and their recent dip in the vanity pool? Harlequin wasn’t the first or the only formerly-legitimate publisher to go down that road with Author Solutions. No, that honor goes to Thomas Nelson. But, since Thomas Nelson is a “Christian Publisher,” no one noticed at the time. Indeed, Thomas Nelson’s journey to the dark side is even sleazier than Harlequin’s. While Harlequin created a new imprint, “Harlequin Horizons,” as their vanity brand, Thomas Nelson used the name of an existing and formerly legitimate imprint, WestBow, for theirs. Thus, anyone checking up on the publisher’s name before submitting would find a long history of reasonably-selling books by known authors.

This “I Write Like” site isn’t remotely legitimate. No, they aren’t trying; or, anyway, they aren’t trying to analyze writing samples: They’re trying to lure newbie authors to the rocks and shoals of vanity publication.
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