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Post by Pru Freda on Mar 29, 2014 5:19:27 GMT -5
According to this site, iwl.me/ I write like...William Shakespeare!  Why not give it a try? It's a fun way to procrastinate. |
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Post by vrabinec on Mar 29, 2014 7:50:38 GMT -5
It depends on the chapter. Sometimes it comes up James Joyce. Sometimes P.G. Wodehouse. Sometimes Harry Harrison. Sometimes Arthur Clarke.
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Post by Daniel on Mar 29, 2014 9:00:14 GMT -5
Uh, oh. I got Dan Brown. Well, I'd be happy to have his level of success even if I have to take the same criticisms with it.
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Post by scdaffron on Mar 29, 2014 9:04:23 GMT -5
I pasted several different scenes and got either Mario Puzo or Steven King. Two writers I really don't like. Yuck.
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Post by vrabinec on Mar 29, 2014 9:37:18 GMT -5
One of the authors it compared me with was William Gibson. I had no clue whop the fuck he was, so I Googled him Found this. VERY interesting idea from him. williamgibsonblog.blogspot.com/ |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2014 10:14:41 GMT -5
Neuromancer is a great book. You should read it.
I usually get Stephen King or JK Rowling, but I think genre (especially of that section) has more to do with it than style.
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Post by Pru Freda on Mar 29, 2014 10:25:11 GMT -5
One of the authors it compared me with was William Gibson. I had no clue whop the fuck he was, so I Googled him Found this. VERY interesting idea from him. williamgibsonblog.blogspot.com/Ooh, I rather like that idea, Vrab. And no, I'd never heard of Gibson, either. |
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 29, 2014 11:35:34 GMT -5
OMG, I got Neil Gaiman! Thank you, "I Write Like"! You just made my day!  |
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Post by Suzy on Mar 29, 2014 14:33:43 GMT -5
I got Agatha Christie!  And I pasted in the first couple of paragraphs of my current WIP... |
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 29, 2014 18:12:01 GMT -5
I got Agatha Christie! And I pasted in the first couple of paragraphs of my current WIP... Nice! Christie is a snappy writer. You know, I bet the thing is pretty much random. |
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Post by Daniel on Mar 29, 2014 18:14:59 GMT -5
I got Agatha Christie! And I pasted in the first couple of paragraphs of my current WIP... Nice! Christie is a snappy writer. You know, I bet the thing is pretty much random. I thought so too, but I pasted two different scenes from my book (after closing my browser and going back later) and got Dan Brown both times. Whatever goofy algorithm they are using, it seems to be fairly consistent. I'd need to test it several more times, clearing cookies between each try, to be sure. |
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 29, 2014 19:36:47 GMT -5
Nice! Christie is a snappy writer. You know, I bet the thing is pretty much random. I thought so too, but I pasted two different scenes from my book (after closing my browser and going back later) and got Dan Brown both times. Whatever goofy algorithm they are using, it seems to be fairly consistent. I'd need to test it several more times, clearing cookies between each try, to be sure. I bet it's a cookie. |
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Post by mlhearing on Mar 30, 2014 8:32:01 GMT -5
Looks like I write like . . . Jack London. I reckon I'll take that.
And it says my nonfiction is like the writing of H.P. Lovecraft. Hmmm . . .
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Post by Daniel on Mar 30, 2014 9:04:32 GMT -5
I thought so too, but I pasted two different scenes from my book (after closing my browser and going back later) and got Dan Brown both times. Whatever goofy algorithm they are using, it seems to be fairly consistent. I'd need to test it several more times, clearing cookies between each try, to be sure. I bet it's a cookie. I would have thought so too, except Susan got two different results consistently with multiple scenes (as did mlhearing). |
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Post by Pru Freda on Mar 30, 2014 9:17:16 GMT -5
I got Agatha Christie! And I pasted in the first couple of paragraphs of my current WIP... There's an Agatha Christie option? Grrr! Why didn't I get that one?  |
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 30, 2014 11:53:03 GMT -5
I would have thought so too, except Susan got two different results consistently with multiple scenes (as did mlhearing). Hm, good point. Well, I'm not going to go again. I don't want to get anyone else! |
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Post by Daniel on Mar 30, 2014 11:58:35 GMT -5
Hm, good point. Well, I'm not going to go again. I don't want to get anyone else! Same here! I went twice just to see if I would get someone else, but in some ways I'm glad I didn't. Now all I have to do is write my Da Vinci Code. |
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Post by Becca Mills on Mar 30, 2014 13:22:13 GMT -5
Hm, good point. Well, I'm not going to go again. I don't want to get anyone else! Same here! I went twice just to see if I would get someone else, but in some ways I'm glad I didn't. Now all I have to do is write my Da Vinci Code. Sounds good. Please send me 1% of the proceeds, so I can retire in luxury. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2014 15:06:15 GMT -5
I entered the first few paragraphs of the DaVinci Code and they said he wrote like Dan Brown; LOL
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Post by Daniel on Mar 30, 2014 15:13:58 GMT -5
I entered the first few paragraphs of the DaVinci Code and they said he wrote like Dan Brown; LOL Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S2 using Tapatalk 4 I take that as a good sign! |
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And I pasted in the first couple of paragraphs of my current WIP...
