Just for fun: Check out I Write Like http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546 Danika Dinsmore I'm sure someplace on here someone has posted this already, so sorry if I'm being redundant. There's a fun little website I was introduced to a few weeks ago called I Write Like: http://iwl.me/ You plug in a sample of your work and this statistical analysis tool analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares it with those of the famous writers. It was created by Russian software programmer Dmitry Chestnykh. The hysterical thing is that famous writers (who are actually IN the system) have plugged their work into it, only to find out they write like someone else. lol. I did it four times using different sections of my NaNo novel. They all said I write like Chuck Palahniuk. Which I find hysterical because he's the last person I would have guessed. (out of curiosity, I plugged in several sections of my middle grade fantasy novel and it said that one was written like Neil Gaiman) Harmless fun when you're taking a break. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:13:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_809106 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_809106 MrBadgerPants David Foster Wallace. I wonder what metrics it keys on. Word/sentence/paragraph length? Quote frequency? Number of unique words? Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:35:24 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_809975 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_809975 JSR I tried it with a couple of paragraphs of mine from the start of a chapter. "I write like Arthur Clarke", it tells me. I'm rather impressed by that! :D I then tried a couple of paragraphs from the end of the same chapter. Now "I write like Margaret Atwood". Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:48:02 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_810109 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_810109 lcrandall2010 Ha! Neil Gaiman!!! I love it!!! Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:58:20 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_810996 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_810996 Glas David Foster Wallace If only I could be so talented. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:07:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_811115 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_811115 spoons214 Hmm, tried three decent sized sections (500+ words) that I have written in the last two days. It came back with: Cory Doctorow Gertrude Stein Dan Brown So, evidently my writing is all over the place, and I still need to find my voice. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 02:35:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_811455 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_811455 bibliosylph I got Gertrude Stein. I did this once before and got David Foster Wallace. Nothing I'm writing currently reflects my general style, though. I'd just be happy if I could write like Keillor or Wodehouse. This year my characters all talk too much and are being kind of stupid. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:08:54 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_811859 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_811859 bibliosylph Hm. I tried two different passages I actually like and find witty, and they both came up Agatha Christie... Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:12:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_811943 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_811943 MaxDyan I tried the same bit of work four times, somehow, it thinks I write like four different writers with the exact bits of work? fun to check out anyway... Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:18:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_812019 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_812019 MaxDyan WAIT! I just put in... "I hate my tweeker neighbors"... and it told me I write like William Shakespeare. there is something wrong with this site.... don't trust it. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:45:38 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_813239 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_813239 Mnemonicer I got four different results. All of them are awesome. Since I'm writing from five different POVs, apparently I'm shifting voice appropriately? 1. James Joyce 2. Jane Austen (wtf?) 3. The Bard 4. Stephen King (on a non-nano, parody-like selection) This amuses me. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:54:08 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_813353 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_813353 bookmonster77 So far, I've tried putting in different paragraphs from different manuscripts. I've gotten Margaret Atwood (three times), Margaret Mitchell and Anne Rice. Oddly enough, my NaNoWriMo novel keeps getting Margaret Atwood, while a different one got the other two. I admit it, I'm easily amused. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:14:07 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_813642 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_813642 clayholio I put in a few different ones (a couple of chunks from my NaNo novel, followed by a couple of chunks from movie reviews I wrote) and got Chuck Palahniuk, Cory Doctorow , James Joyce, then David Foster Wallace. At least I've heard of all of them, even if Palahniuk is the only author in that bunch that I've actually read. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:33:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_813905 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_813905 fixemfine I got Ernest Hemingway. I can live with that. Fun game. :) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:19:51 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_814450 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_814450 Jessindistress My NaNo: David Foster Wallace. I don't even know who he is. My current non-NaNo huge project? Chuck Palahniuk. Awesome. I did this on something else I was working on and I got Stephen King. Can't complain there. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 09:59:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_815857 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_815857 Halo2 I tried with two different chapter excerpts from my NaNo novel and got David Foster Wallace and Cory Doctorow. If only... Not complaining though. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:35:47 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_816499 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_816499 Halo2 Tried again with different passages, just out of interest, and it confirmed David Foster Wallace five times then I got Ray Bradbury on the sixth. Very interesting. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:58:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_816583 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_816583 Star Kitten Arthur C. Clarke! *Phew*. I really thought I was going to get Stephanie Meyer with all the gushing teenagers I seem to have. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:43:23 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_816944 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_816944 axemanrj Damn my first two goes turned out to be Dan Brown, and J.K. Rowling. I should give up now I think, although a slice of their royalties wouldn't go amiss!! Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:22:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_817264 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_817264 Shem-the-Penman "You write like François Rabelais." Never heard of her. -Shem Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:40:27 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_817897 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_817897 Scratchingcat It's a him. ;-) Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:22:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_818257 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_818257 Scratchingcat Apparently I write like Kurt Vonnegut. I like this result very much. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:25:44 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_818280 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_818280 Shem-the-Penman So Rabelais isn't a miss, but your last post was. -Shem Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:34:48 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_818370 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_818370 AKimlin LOL I'm hoping it is the lack of editing but I got James Joyce. I got Jack London with it a few weeks ago. Normally I get JK Rowling/HP Lovecraft - which I am happy with. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:49:10 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_820497 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_820497 thomstrat This doesn't bode well. I put in six different sections of my novel and get six different answers. :-) Then I try an excerpt from my blog and get yet another. I guess must have an ecclectic style, since my list is rather ecclectic: Anne Rice, Neil Gaiman, Ernest Hemingway, Douglas Adams, Ian Fleming, Ursula K. LeGuin, and David Foster Wallace. Somewhere out there is a server pouring out smoke and weeping silicon tears. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:21:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_822410 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_822410 VirtuallyCJ I've put in eight things from eight different writings and all came up with JK Rowling. My poor daughter on the other hand put in part of something she is working on and got Stephenie Meyer. She was not amused. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:27:49 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_822498 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_822498 Danika Dinsmore Well I did title this thread "Just for fun." I hope no one takes it too seriously. Although, how do you know "I hate my tweeker neighbors" isn't reminiscent of Shakespearean cadence? I tried my story again with the same bits and it still came out Chuck Palahniuk. Except for the 1st chapter, which I added this time around. Apparently that one reads like James Joyce. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:37:12 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_823889 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_823889 Danika Dinsmore VirtuallyCJ - LOL! That's interesting that they all came up JK with 8 different writings. I just put in a section of my blog. It came up William Shakespeare. Apparently when you stick in Lady Gaga lyrics is comes up the same thing. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:41:18 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_823935 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_823935 radioflyer My first chapter is like William Gibson, my last chapter is like Cory Doctorow. I copied some Cory Doctorow text into the analyzer and - interestingly enough - he writes like H.P. Lovecraft. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:51:53 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_827713 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_827713 SierraLatkje Wow, that thing is seriously screwy! I just played around with it a lot, and some of the responses made sense, while others are totally out there. The ones that made sense were that a fanfic I had on-hand (most of my writing is not on this computer) that I had written to be a history book for children came up L. Frank Baum. The sex scene out of a very, very, very different fanfic came up Anne Rice, so that made sense, although neither of them were vampires. :P A third fanfic's scene of a confession of love came up Stephanie Meyer--how insulting!--but I'm presuming it keyworded onto something like blush or giggle or love or whatnot. The craziness was stuff like when I put in parts of the Methods Research Design out of the archaeology thesis I wrote a few years ago, and got H.P. Lovecraft, and then the next two paragraphs of the same paper got Margaret Atwood. The first excerpt of my NaNo novel also came up H.P. Lovecraft (I didn't think he spent much time talking about the Olympian gods...) and the second part, with its teenage boy fantasizing about slaughtering teenage girls...came up Rudyard Kipling. The fanfic with the sex scene that came up Anne Rice? An earlier part got the result J.D. Salinger. The one with the part that came up as Stephanie Meyer also had parts come up as Dan Brown, Gertrude Stein, and William Gibson. (Most of that one is entirely in one POV. The part that came up William Gibson is the only part that's in a different POV.) And, just for kicks, I tried putting in something in screenplay format. The first part of it came up Isaac Asimov, and the second part came up Arthur Clarke. That thing is hilarious to play around with, but I hope there aren't people who think it's accurate. Thu, 24 Nov 2011 07:57:34 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_828122 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_828122 Gryphon-kl Five different sections of my NaNo came up as Arthur C. Clarke, one as Douglas Adams, and one as H. P. Lovecraft. By no stretch of the imagination are the latter two correct. (Clarke's pushing it, too, but at least it's believable.) An improvement over the last time I tried this, where three samples (from three separate works) produced three different authors, none of whom I'd ever read. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:03:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_836909 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_836909 Halo2 She's not the only one. I tried with a short story of mine, and the first half came up with Vladimir Nabakov, the second half came up Stephanie Meyer - wtf? I don't think my writing is THAT schizophrenic... Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:56:36 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_838800 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_838800 misterchip100 It seems I write like Raymond Chandler, but my rewrites are in the style of Kurt Vonnegut. Hmmm. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 09:42:58 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_849812 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_849812 Julie Randolph Fun game ... H.P. Lovecraft several times ... Anne Rice on the love scene ...interesting. Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:37:55 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_850020 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_850020 jswwrites My 1680's part is like James Joyce. (who I despised reading as a youth!) Got Rudyard Kipling with a second, which is probably because there were some animals involved. But I LOVED Kipling as a youth... so I guess that evens out. My present day is Arthur Clark, who I've never heard of... Ohhhh, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Would never have guessed that. I did it with another of the present day passages much later in the book and got Arthur Clark again. So at least that means I was consistent, I guess! Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:47:50 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_850462 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_850462 SpottedCrow My first chapter was Margaret Mitchell! Next was Mark Twain. Further on it's switching between William Gibson and Chuck Palahniuk Rather interesting if I do say so myself... Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:27:39 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_855982 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_855982 kitsuneopal Chuck Palahniuk JK Rowling Neil Gaiman Margaret Atwood Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:30:57 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_857292 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_857292 Darbrashelle Haha. Like everyone else, it seems my results are all over the place. I consistantly got Anne Rice, with a smattering of Isaac Asmov and L. Frank Baum. I'm okay with those. But when Stephanie Meyer showed up, I almost deleted that part of my novel and ran from the room in tears... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:36:29 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_869289 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_869289 Burnt Sushi I'm afraid. If it says Stephanie Meyer, I will do the literary world a favor and just kill myself now. I kid. But there would be stabbing, and a homicidal rampage. Checking over my novel to make sure none of my undead sparkle... Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:32:17 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_880121 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_880121 Burnt Sushi Anne Rice. For an excerpt of pure, unadulterated and irredeemable smut to make Penthouse blush. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:35:01 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_880156 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_880156 TortugaRachel I tried a bunch of different parts of my novel and kept getting two different authors: Ernest Hemingway Anne Rice Hey, not bad company if you ask me! Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:34:25 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_880911 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_880911 lostwaxcat Thanks for the link. It is fun. I came up with different ones for each section I entered! A few times I got the same one but it was inconsistent. That is neat that yours was the same. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:37:11 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_920227 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=1#forum_thread_comment_920227 jrberry63 Past attempts have generated David Foster Wallace, prompting me to research his tragic life and to consider reading his works. This year's NaNo excerpt generated Cory Doctorow, of whom I have no knowledge. (Google calls.) I've taken tests where they analyze your gender based on your writing style. Apparently I'm male, though the mirror denies this. Musically, I have the tastes of a teenage boy. Hrmph. (You go on one 1980s headbanging nostalgia binge on iLike, and it's on your permanent record...) If I'd gotten Stephenie Meyer, I might have done something unthinkable. Though it's important to note, she does know her audience. She isn't exactly writing stunning literary fiction, but she does get the average non-reading teenage girl interested in reading SOMETHING besides Glamour magazine by writing in a style simplistic enough to be easily understood by people who prefer monosyllabic conversations. So I give her props for that. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 06:02:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_930704 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_930704 Nessabutterfly I've put in about 15 different sections now. More than 1/3 have come back as Anne Rice. I've had 3 Edgar Allan Poe, and 3 or 4 James Joyce. It seems like passages written in the same part of the story come back with the same author. So I guess depending on what or when I'm writing, it changes? Though I have Anne Rice popping up throughout, so I guess that's the most accurate one. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:44:19 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_932410 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_932410 Nessabutterfly Okay, the later in the story I got, the more consistently it showed James Joyce (about 1/2 the sections overall now...), though my dialogue seems to be very much like Stephen King. Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:02:14 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_932494 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_932494 Nessabutterfly Well, anything romantic automatically comes up as Anne Rice (though I did have one wedding scene show up as Stephanie Meyer-- gag!). Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:18:15 +0000 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_932617 http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/forums/age-group-30s-40s/threads/41546?page=2#forum_thread_comment_932617