Who Do You Write Like? - Page 3

apretty · 12-18-2011, 10:44 PM

checks that John says I can't cash.

i misread this thread as, 'what do you like to write' ...as far as 'who do you write like' i would hope, whoever--we don't end sentences in prepositions (however unlikely).

Skittlesluver · 12-18-2011, 10:54 PM

The analysis states that I write like Oscar Wilde

Dominique · 12-11-2011, 04:59 PM

I write like
Gertrude Stein
I used an emotional blog and it came back Gertrude Stein.

From Wikipedia:
Gertrude Stein, the youngest of a family of five children, was born on February 3, 1874, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (merged with Pittsburgh in 1907)[2] to well-educated German Jewish parents, Daniel and Amelia Stein. Her father was a railroad executive whose investments in streetcar lines and real estate made the family wealthy.

This screams of irony. I live in Old Allegheny, Pittsburgh
and my Grandmothers name was Gertrude. Hmmm.

Dutch Leonard · 12-11-2011, 05:14 PM

I got Cory Doctorow with a small sample and Chuck Palahniuk with a longer one.

dixie · 12-12-2011, 04:00 PM

Apparently I have different writing styles.

I have two different blogs. One style is like David Foster Wallace. I had to google him. "David Foster Wallace , whose prodigiously observant, exuberantly plotted, grammatically and etymologically challenging, philosophically probing and culturally hyper-contemporary novels, stories and essays made him an heir to modern virtuosos...died at age 46." One of his novels made Time's All-Time 100 Greatest Novels list.

My other blog however, says I write like Anne Rice (one of my favs). 'Nuff said.

tapu · 12-12-2011, 05:34 PM

You write like David Foster Wallace = You are highly intelligent, but also highly deranged, so though we love your stuff in the abstract, we cannot begin to sludge through it in the actual.

Gemme · 07-19-2010, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

I WRITE LIKE...

Apparently, this site has gone viral and it determines, based on a passage of your own prose, which famous writer you most write like--thought it might be fun to pass on!

From their website:

Check which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of the famous writers.

Any text in English will do: your latest blog post, journal entry, comment, chapter of your unfinished book, etc. For reliable results paste at least a few paragraphs (not tweets).

On my first try (just a small paragraph), I got Raymond Chandler but I am going to try again with a longer piece.

Interesting....

I write like Cory Doctorow, who is someone I know nothing about. Oh, and Stephen King.

I put a part of one of my short stories in for the first one and my poetry for the second.

This is the piece that apparently reads like Stephen King to them:

crimson streaks
paint the sheets
smudges in garnet
decorate the bed
red-rimmed eyes
gaze without sight
burgundy wine
spilled in the fight
one ruby shoe
alone on the stoop
colors of rage
taint this day
control takes the stage
and there's nothing more to say

The JD · 12-11-2011, 12:53 PM

I write like...Margaret Mitchell??

Well, we're both Atlantans. Oh, and the piece I put in has the words "Atlanta" AND "corsets".....hmmm.... I think I'm cracking the algorithm for this program....

Hack · 12-11-2011, 06:44 PM

David Foster Wallace. Odd, since I just bought one of his books last week.

Frankly, I think I write like me.

tapu · 12-12-2011, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hack

David Foster Wallace. Odd, since I just bought one of his books last week.

Frankly, I think I write like me.

I hope it wasn't Infinite Jest. I would love to have finished Infinite Jest, but I had a job and a kid and a dog. And my own mania had been treated already....

Tawse · 12-12-2011, 05:41 PM

Fiction: Stephanie Meyers... not sure if I should be ecstatic or suicidal over that...

Smut: Dan Brown... really? My smut is like the Da Vinci Code?

You know.. I'm thinking those should be reversed...

tapu · 12-12-2011, 05:47 PM

I put in a few pieces of erotica. Maybe that's the wrong word for them. They're very realistic, with no flowery description. I call them "scenes," YKWIM?

Anyway, they all came out as Ann Rice. That Vampire person? I don't see how that relate-.... Oh, wait, yeah I do.

Bard · 12-11-2011, 06:58 PM

Apparently I write like Arthur Conan Doyle interesting

hottprof · 12-12-2011, 11:45 AM

I write like
Jane Austen

<3

WomenMoveMe · 12-26-2011, 07:03 PM

I write like Anne Rice

princessbelle · 12-26-2011, 08:00 PM

I write like
Jane Austen

Gentle Tiger · 01-31-2012, 12:45 AM

Arthur Conan Doyle
Anne Rice

12-18-2011, 10:44 PM	#1
apretty Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: sea shell Relationship Status: married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: san diego Posts: 1,687 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,927 Thanked 4,373 Times in 1,012 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	checks that John says I can't cash. i misread this thread as, 'what do you like to write' ...as far as 'who do you write like' i would hope, whoever--we don't end sentences in prepositions (however unlikely). Last edited by apretty; 12-18-2011 at 10:47 PM.

12-18-2011, 10:54 PM	#2
Skittlesluver Member How Do You Identify?: Casual Dreamer Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Deep In The Heart Of Texas Posts: 233 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 190 Thanked 560 Times in 191 Posts Rep Power: 8243083	The analysis states that I write like Oscar Wilde __________________ “Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish"

12-11-2011, 04:59 PM	#3
Dominique Member How Do You Identify?: Female/Lesbian/half the athlete I used to be Preferred Pronoun?: she/her Relationship Status: Dates Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: So proud to be a Pittsburgher Posts: 1,484 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,645 Thanked 3,728 Times in 1,166 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I write like Gertrude Stein I used an emotional blog and it came back Gertrude Stein. From Wikipedia: Gertrude Stein, the youngest of a family of five children, was born on February 3, 1874, in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (merged with Pittsburgh in 1907)[2] to well-educated German Jewish parents, Daniel and Amelia Stein. Her father was a railroad executive whose investments in streetcar lines and real estate made the family wealthy. This screams of irony. I live in Old Allegheny, Pittsburgh and my Grandmothers name was Gertrude. Hmmm. __________________ As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be??

12-12-2011, 05:34 PM	#6
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,115 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	You write like David Foster Wallace = You are highly intelligent, but also highly deranged, so though we love your stuff in the abstract, we cannot begin to sludge through it in the actual. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

12-11-2011, 12:53 PM	#8
The JD Be the Fearless Bunny How Do You Identify?: Hers. Preferred Pronoun?: he Relationship Status: Medusa’s Snake Charmer Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: This must be the place. Posts: 649 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,740 Thanked 2,676 Times in 540 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I write like...Margaret Mitchell?? Well, we're both Atlantans. Oh, and the piece I put in has the words "Atlanta" AND "corsets".....hmmm.... I think I'm cracking the algorithm for this program.... __________________ I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it. ~Flannery O'Connor

12-11-2011, 05:14 PM	#4
Dutch Leonard Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Tournaments Won: 7 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: East of the Rockies Posts: 291 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,901 Thanked 389 Times in 120 Posts Rep Power: 4100779	I got Cory Doctorow with a small sample and Chuck Palahniuk with a longer one.

12-12-2011, 04:00 PM	#5
dixie Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: I usually just poke it with a stick. Preferred Pronoun?: Bitch Relationship Status: Intertwined deeply Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: We're all a little mad here. Posts: 6,627 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,972 Thanked 21,383 Times in 4,808 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	Apparently I have different writing styles. I have two different blogs. One style is like David Foster Wallace. I had to google him. "David Foster Wallace , whose prodigiously observant, exuberantly plotted, grammatically and etymologically challenging, philosophically probing and culturally hyper-contemporary novels, stories and essays made him an heir to modern virtuosos...died at age 46." One of his novels made Time's All-Time 100 Greatest Novels list. My other blog however, says I write like Anne Rice (one of my favs). 'Nuff said.

12-11-2011, 06:44 PM	#9
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,774 Times in 958 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	David Foster Wallace. Odd, since I just bought one of his books last week. Frankly, I think I write like me.

12-12-2011, 05:41 PM	#11
Tawse Member How Do You Identify?: TG Gender Queer Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 730 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,973 Thanked 2,733 Times in 642 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Fiction: Stephanie Meyers... not sure if I should be ecstatic or suicidal over that... Smut: Dan Brown... really? My smut is like the Da Vinci Code? You know.. I'm thinking those should be reversed...

12-12-2011, 05:47 PM	#12
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,115 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I put in a few pieces of erotica. Maybe that's the wrong word for them. They're very realistic, with no flowery description. I call them "scenes," YKWIM? Anyway, they all came out as Ann Rice. That Vampire person? I don't see how that relate-.... Oh, wait, yeah I do. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

12-11-2011, 06:58 PM	#13
Bard Family Man How Do You Identify?: TG Male Preferred Pronoun?: Masculine ones Relationship Status: She just gets me Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ..... Posts: 2,828 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,997 Thanked 12,786 Times in 2,431 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Apparently I write like Arthur Conan Doyle interesting __________________ This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain And a hundred percent reason to remember the name! Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh - erotic nightmares beyond any measure, and sensual daydreams to treasure forever. Can't you just see it? Don't dream it, be it.

12-12-2011, 11:45 AM	#14
hottprof Member How Do You Identify?: female Preferred Pronoun?: Miss to you... for hym... Relationship Status: Crashes One Femme Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: PA Posts: 335 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 180 Thanked 549 Times in 188 Posts Rep Power: 4984839	I write like Jane Austen <3

12-26-2011, 07:03 PM	#15
WomenMoveMe Member How Do You Identify?: I just wander about and be! Relationship Status: Caution: Dead End Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Kentucky Posts: 561 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,473 Thanked 2,099 Times in 417 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	I write like... I write like Anne Rice

12-26-2011, 08:00 PM	#16
princessbelle Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: femme ones Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,100 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 29,380 Thanked 30,497 Times in 5,198 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	that was fun. I write like Jane Austen __________________ ~ I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. ~ Maya Angelou

01-31-2012, 12:45 AM	#17
Gentle Tiger Moderator How Do You Identify?: As a Tiger of course Preferred Pronoun?: Not the Old Man Relationship Status: Two Tigers Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Northern California Posts: 7,492 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,001 Thanked 15,990 Times in 3,992 Posts Rep Power: 21474860	Arthur Conan Doyle Anne Rice __________________ Please like