I Write Like

silkepus · 01-09-2014, 01:13 PM

I thought this was cute. A website analyzes which famous author your writing resembles

http://iwl.me/

Put in some of your own writing, anything will do. Apparently I write like Charles Dickens

hagster · 01-09-2014, 01:31 PM

I like this, find it interesting. My first sample was the style of Cory Doctorow. No clue so I looked him up. Still no idea but I'll contact him, send him the link and see if Hagster McHags comes up for him.

Second sample was the style of Chuck Palahniuk. No clue so I looked him up. He wrote Fight Club.

...I can no longer talk about this.

~baby~doll~ · 01-09-2014, 02:19 PM

i write like
Ernest Hemingway, fancy that. Like Hagster i tried it again with something from a totally different selection i write like Ernest Hemingway. it told me again. okay not bad.

~baby~doll~ · 01-09-2014, 02:24 PM

i tried it again using two different poems instead of prose and it said i write like Dan Brown.

Gemme · 01-10-2014, 06:17 AM

I tried three samplings.

The first was my typical posting style and H.P. Lovecraft came up for that.

Here's some interesting tidbits. He was born in Rhode Island, a state that I certainly reside in. No biggie. It's the smallest state but thousands of people live here, so that's not creepy. One of his parents had mental health issues. Again, a LOT of people have a parent with mental health issues. He did it all in terms of writing....editing, writing prose, novels, short stories. With the exception of a novel, I've done the same. He married an older woman. I prefer older partners. Died young though. 46. I definitely do not want to have any connection with that. He never really achieved success until he passed. His genre was horror, something I'm not really a fan of, honestly. I've enjoyed a few Stephen King books and the work of Poe, but as a general rule, I do not like horror.

He's buried not too far from me. Maybe I'll head over one day and say hi.

Next, I tried one of my short stories and a poem. Both of them came up Anne Rice.

I think most people are at least vaguely familiar with her work. Mainly The Vampire Chronicles, I'd wager. I didn't know that she wrote Christian literature, though she did eventually distance herself from organized Christianity. She's written erotica, which I love, and has been very successful as a writer. Sharp contrast to Mr. Lovecraft. Hmmmm.....interesting.

So, apparently, I talk like a Northerner (because I write and post like I talk) and a write stories and poetry like a Southerner. Also interesting.

Katniss · 01-10-2014, 12:28 PM

Hmmmm....this was interesting so I played around with it a bit.

I first submitted a sample of my prose and typical posting style and came up with Stephen King.

Secondly I submitted a short story I had on hand and came up with Anne Rice.

Since those are similar authors this makes sense but I do find it interesting as those two have never been favorites of mine. However this is judging style not genre so I suppose it could work.

What is interesting I then played around and took excerpts from various authors (Mark Twain, Erma Bombeck, etc.) and submitted those and they did not come up as their own style but as another. I suppose this could make sense as it is matching their style with another. I didn't go too deep into it but this was a fun diversion.

Thanks for posting the link!

Katniss~~

Smiling · 01-10-2014, 12:40 PM

I used one of my posts from here because it was handy.
Apparently, I write like Vladimir Nabokov.

ETA: lmao, I might have guessed Dostoyevsky due to the amount of words I use [think War &Peace], but I definitely never saw Nabokov coming.

The really hilarious [and unbelievable, lol] part is, I don't say very much at all in real life; I just like to shoot my mouth off online. I definitely prefer written forms of communication.

01-10-2014, 01:57 PM

http://iwl.me/s/d172a8d3

James Fenimore Cooper

Chancie · 01-10-2014, 03:30 PM

I write like Margaret Atwood.

Sweet Bliss · 03-13-2014, 11:26 PM

I write like Arthur Clarke

tiaras-and-books · 03-14-2014, 03:14 AM

I used writing samples from three different stories of mine (written at different times over the last two years) and got three different answers. Ian Fleming, Margaret Atwood, and Douglas Adams. I haven't read any work from any of them yet, but I guess I'll have to check them out.
This was fun/interesting. Thanks for posting it, silkepus!

candy_coated_bitch · 03-14-2014, 04:34 AM

I used a post from here, which got me this result:

I write like Douglas Adams.

Which is fucking HILARIOUS! I love it.

candy_coated_bitch · 03-14-2014, 04:42 AM

I tried it again with one of my artist talks and I got Oscar Wilde.

Neither of my results surprises me all that much if I think about it, but I am incredibly delighted and amused.

homoe · 11-22-2015, 08:36 PM

I write like Chuck Palahniuk

storyspinner70 · 11-22-2015, 10:13 PM

Lmao...I checked the porn I posted on this site...I write like Anne Rice

I love the Beauty series so....I'll take it!

Let me check something else and see how it goes...lmao

storyspinner70 · 11-22-2015, 10:18 PM

Dying...okay I analyzed one of my romance pieces...

I write like Mario Puzo!!!! The Godfather!!!! This is awesome...doing one more...I'm like...addicted

storyspinner70 · 11-22-2015, 10:33 PM

Okay...this is pretty interesting...My last was a re-imagining of Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes...My results:

William Gibson

That's pretty awesome...and I'm done spamming my nonsense in the thread...lmao...sorry

homoe · 11-23-2015, 05:09 AM

I write like
David Foster Wallace

newdaynow · 08-23-2016, 07:40 AM

Kurt Vonnegut....lol

A. Spectre · 08-23-2016, 07:51 AM

I write like Yoda I do.

01-09-2014, 01:13 PM	#1
silkepus Member How Do You Identify?: covered in ink and glitter Preferred Pronoun?: feminine ones Relationship Status: watching pictures of cats on tumblr Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Scandinavia Posts: 382 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 359 Thanked 702 Times in 196 Posts Rep Power: 10186797	I Write Like I thought this was cute. A website analyzes which famous author your writing resembles http://iwl.me/ Put in some of your own writing, anything will do. Apparently I write like Charles Dickens __________________ I’m here, I’m queer, sorry I’m late I overslept

01-09-2014, 01:31 PM	#2
hagster Member How Do You Identify?: Nothing to see here, folks. Relationship Status: prison lesbian Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: X Posts: 148 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 361 Thanked 369 Times in 113 Posts Rep Power: 5088124	First Rule I like this, find it interesting. My first sample was the style of Cory Doctorow. No clue so I looked him up. Still no idea but I'll contact him, send him the link and see if Hagster McHags comes up for him. Second sample was the style of Chuck Palahniuk. No clue so I looked him up. He wrote Fight Club. ...I can no longer talk about this.

01-09-2014, 02:19 PM	#3
~baby~doll~ Member How Do You Identify?: femme-bottom, lesbian, queer Preferred Pronoun?: feminine ones Relationship Status: Leather polyamorous family Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: with HER Posts: 1,110 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,494 Thanked 2,856 Times in 905 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	i write like Ernest Hemingway, fancy that. Like Hagster i tried it again with something from a totally different selection i write like Ernest Hemingway. it told me again. okay not bad. __________________ i will wait to love You. i will wait another day For You i'd leave all this behind. i will wait for you tonight. iwill waste another dream on You Always run to You. Uh Huh Her

01-09-2014, 02:24 PM	#4
~baby~doll~ Member How Do You Identify?: femme-bottom, lesbian, queer Preferred Pronoun?: feminine ones Relationship Status: Leather polyamorous family Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: with HER Posts: 1,110 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,494 Thanked 2,856 Times in 905 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	i tried it again using two different poems instead of prose and it said i write like Dan Brown. __________________ i will wait to love You. i will wait another day For You i'd leave all this behind. i will wait for you tonight. iwill waste another dream on You Always run to You. Uh Huh Her

01-10-2014, 06:17 AM	#5
Gemme Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety Preferred Pronoun?: She, as in 'She's a GEM' Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The roads are narrow here Posts: 36,631 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 182,498 Thanked 107,972 Times in 25,664 Posts Rep Power: 21474888	I tried three samplings. The first was my typical posting style and H.P. Lovecraft came up for that. Here's some interesting tidbits. He was born in Rhode Island, a state that I certainly reside in. No biggie. It's the smallest state but thousands of people live here, so that's not creepy. One of his parents had mental health issues. Again, a LOT of people have a parent with mental health issues. He did it all in terms of writing....editing, writing prose, novels, short stories. With the exception of a novel, I've done the same. He married an older woman. I prefer older partners. Died young though. 46. I definitely do not want to have any connection with that. He never really achieved success until he passed. His genre was horror, something I'm not really a fan of, honestly. I've enjoyed a few Stephen King books and the work of Poe, but as a general rule, I do not like horror. He's buried not too far from me. Maybe I'll head over one day and say hi. Next, I tried one of my short stories and a poem. Both of them came up Anne Rice. I think most people are at least vaguely familiar with her work. Mainly The Vampire Chronicles, I'd wager. I didn't know that she wrote Christian literature, though she did eventually distance herself from organized Christianity. She's written erotica, which I love, and has been very successful as a writer. Sharp contrast to Mr. Lovecraft. Hmmmm.....interesting. So, apparently, I talk like a Northerner (because I write and post like I talk) and a write stories and poetry like a Southerner. Also interesting. __________________ Gemme's Journal I'm misunderestimated.

01-10-2014, 12:28 PM	#6
Katniss Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Dame, doll, twist, dish Preferred Pronoun?: Ladylike ones Relationship Status: ***** Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: We drink sweet tea here Posts: 2,903 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,654 Thanked 10,368 Times in 2,088 Posts Rep Power**: 21474851	Hmmmm....this was interesting so I played around with it a bit. I first submitted a sample of my prose and typical posting style and came up with Stephen King. Secondly I submitted a short story I had on hand and came up with Anne Rice. Since those are similar authors this makes sense but I do find it interesting as those two have never been favorites of mine. However this is judging style not genre so I suppose it could work. What is interesting I then played around and took excerpts from various authors (Mark Twain, Erma Bombeck, etc.) and submitted those and they did not come up as their own style but as another. I suppose this could make sense as it is matching their style with another. I didn't go too deep into it but this was a fun diversion. Thanks for posting the link! Katniss~~

01-10-2014, 12:40 PM	#7
Smiling Senior Member How Do You Identify?: with a distinct flair Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: somewhere else Posts: 1,852 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,623 Thanked 4,388 Times in 1,009 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Interesting.... I used one of my posts from here because it was handy. Apparently, I write like Vladimir Nabokov. ETA: lmao, I might have guessed Dostoyevsky due to the amount of words I use [think War &Peace], but I definitely never saw Nabokov coming. The really hilarious [and unbelievable, lol] part is, I don't say very much at all in real life; I just like to shoot my mouth off online. I definitely prefer written forms of communication. __________________ Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror. -Rabindranath Tagore Last edited by Smiling; 01-10-2014 at 12:47 PM. Reason: Added more words, of course!

01-10-2014, 01:57 PM	#8
Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	http://iwl.me/s/d172a8d3 James Fenimore Cooper

01-10-2014, 03:30 PM	#9
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03-13-2014, 11:26 PM	#10
Sweet Bliss Senior Member How Do You Identify?: I Am Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: solo Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: the Beach, Pacific side Posts: 4,160 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,354 Thanked 7,268 Times in 2,159 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I write like Arthur Clarke

03-14-2014, 03:14 AM	#11
tiaras-and-books Junior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: she, her Relationship Status: in a relationship with someone wonderful. :) Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Alaska Posts: 72 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 90 Thanked 213 Times in 48 Posts Rep Power: 2206307	I used writing samples from three different stories of mine (written at different times over the last two years) and got three different answers. Ian Fleming, Margaret Atwood, and Douglas Adams. I haven't read any work from any of them yet, but I guess I'll have to check them out. This was fun/interesting. Thanks for posting it, silkepus!

03-14-2014, 04:34 AM	#12
candy_coated_bitch Pixie Stick How Do You Identify?: The arteest formerly known as musicfemme. Preferred Pronoun?: She. Relationship Status: Happily taken. Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 11,293 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 31,723 Thanked 31,842 Times in 6,111 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I used a post from here, which got me this result: I write like Douglas Adams. Which is fucking HILARIOUS! I love it. __________________ My Etsy Shop My Patreon My Website

03-14-2014, 04:42 AM	#13
candy_coated_bitch Pixie Stick How Do You Identify?: The arteest formerly known as musicfemme. Preferred Pronoun?: She. Relationship Status: Happily taken. Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 11,293 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 31,723 Thanked 31,842 Times in 6,111 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	I tried it again with one of my artist talks and I got Oscar Wilde. Neither of my results surprises me all that much if I think about it, but I am incredibly delighted and amused. __________________ My Etsy Shop My Patreon My Website

11-22-2015, 08:36 PM	#14
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	I write like Chuck Palahniuk

11-22-2015, 10:13 PM	#15
storyspinner70 Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: VA Posts: 353 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,364 Thanked 985 Times in 287 Posts Rep Power: 8681947	Lmao...I checked the porn I posted on this site...I write like Anne Rice I love the Beauty series so....I'll take it! Let me check something else and see how it goes...lmao __________________ I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - Evelyn B Hall

11-22-2015, 10:18 PM	#16
storyspinner70 Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: VA Posts: 353 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,364 Thanked 985 Times in 287 Posts Rep Power: 8681947	Dying...okay I analyzed one of my romance pieces... I write like Mario Puzo!!!! The Godfather!!!! This is awesome...doing one more...I'm like...addicted __________________ I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - Evelyn B Hall

11-22-2015, 10:33 PM	#17
storyspinner70 Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Babygirl Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: VA Posts: 353 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,364 Thanked 985 Times in 287 Posts Rep Power: 8681947	Okay...this is pretty interesting...My last was a re-imagining of Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes...My results: William Gibson That's pretty awesome...and I'm done spamming my nonsense in the thread...lmao...sorry __________________ I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. - Evelyn B Hall

11-23-2015, 05:09 AM	#18
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,558 Times in 14,919 Posts Rep Power: 21474890	Decided to submit a second sample and ....... I write like David Foster Wallace

08-23-2016, 07:40 AM	#19
newdaynow Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Kinda Sorta Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Join Date: May 2015 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,392 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,671 Thanked 939 Times in 469 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Kurt Vonnegut....lol __________________ "my heart is not a clock"

08-23-2016, 07:51 AM	#20
A. Spectre Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch dominant lesbian Preferred Pronoun?: She, Baby Boi Relationship Status: She is my sunrise and sunset. Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: North Shore Chicago Posts: 1,569 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,033 Thanked 11,067 Times in 1,495 Posts Rep Power: 21474848	I write like Yoda I do. __________________ * * *Joy and Sorrow are Inseparable