I Write Like…
Filed Under (writing, writing tools) by J. Mark Miller on 14-07-2010
Tagged Under : analysis, douglas adams, fun, h.g. wells, oscar wilde, raymond chandler, style, word choice, writing
PWxyz linked to a fun little bobble today at GalleyCat, a little program called I Write Like.
Plug in a sample of your writing, and it spits out the name of a famous author whose style you emulate. When I plugged in the first chapter of my latest novel, Rise of the Sun King, I got this result:
When I entered the first draft in progress of my children’s story, Ethan’s Magic Leaf, I got this:
How about a sample of my sci-fi short story, The Last Silent Place?
How about the first two chapters of my first novel, The Swords of Xigara?
Best of all, the utility was consistent in its selection of authors. No matter how many times I plugged in the same writing sample, it always spit back the same result.
Who do you write like? Go find out.
