Comments on: Funny feedback on “I Write Like”

By: Orion Nebula

Orion Nebula — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:41:35 +0000

@william thank you for the succinct explanation

this site was linked to me by my brother while we were chatting on skype. i didn't have any recent writing on hand, so i copied my conversation with my brother into a word document and deleted all of his remarks, so that only my own writing remained. i pasted that into the box, and my result was isaac asimov ^_^

By: amalie

amalie — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:23:38 +0000

I entered the first few lines of Green Eggs and Ham and got Gertrude Stein! Well done!

By: ProfL Prasad

ProfL Prasad — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:16:17 +0000

My serious writing was similar to Arthur C Clarke. My humorous pieces were similar to David Foster Wallace - the guy who wrote a 400 plus pages suicide note? ROFLMAO! And here I thought I wrote like PG Wodehouse or Arthur Conan Doyle!

By: houseboatonstyx

houseboatonstyx — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:59:02 +0000

Here's an idea to please your politically correct critics:

You could display your programming skills by quickly adding millions* of new authors to the main database and making a user interface something like this:

ORDER YOUR CUSTOM DATA-BASE

Enter your preferred percentage of authors who are: ....Race A, Race B, etc ....Gender A, Gender B, etc ....Sexual preference etc ....Aged ....Liberal, Conservative, Tory, etc etc Important: Can a single author serve in more than one category? yes/no

OR CHOOSE AMONG THESE READY-MADE SETS (may choose more than one) ....Chosen by [various people] ....Reviewed by [various critics] ....Contents of Project Gutenberg ....Contents of Harvard 5-Foot Shelf ....Top sellers at Amazon ( alltime/recent )

*ie, add any author that anybody submits

By: houseboatonstyx

houseboatonstyx — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 01:26:46 +0000

LOL! I bet Matthew writes like Mark; Mark writes like Luke; Luke writes like John; and John writes like crazy.

By: JIm

JIm — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:02:10 +0000

I think I’m going to call bullshit.

I pasted my own writing in, and found out that I “write like” David Foster Wallace. Mmmm — kay, hadn’t heard of him, did a quick google search and found that he is considered by some to be obscure and inaccessible.

Problem is, I went around copying and pasting from random blog posts, and it looks as though everyone I read writes like the late David Foster Wallace. I think I’ll go look up an online Bible and see whether Matthew, Mark, Luke and John write like David Foster Wallace…

By: Nikhil

Nikhil — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:22:45 +0000

My grad school statement of purpose read first like Lovecraft, then like David Foster Wallace. I’m really interested in what metrics you guys use and how the data analysis comes up with this answers.

By: Matthew T. Grant

Matthew T. Grant — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:23:00 +0000

Like Jen above, I too write like H.P. Lovecraft, and I could be more eldritch or sepulchral.

By: Person

Person — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 02:10:00 +0000

I posted a novel that I’m working on and got Stephanie Meyer. I shall never write again!

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:34:52 +0000

My nerdery is confirmed! I apparently write like H.P. Lovecraft, even in work-related emails.