For those who have long harbored literary pretensions but somehow missed out on the halfhearted encouragement of a self-absorbed creative writing professor or undermining writers’ workshop, I Write Like is the ego-inflating yet slightly dismissive mentor you’ve never had. Simply plug in a block of text (the longer the better) and, through the magic of some sort of undefined analytical algorithm, you’ll soon find out which famous author’s prose style most resembles your own ramblings. Here’s a rundown of which authors various members of The A.V. Club staff supposedly write like, according to the stories we plugged in. As you can see, it’s kinda complete horseshit—and it only seems to have about a dozen or so authors in its arsenal—but it’s sort-of fun nonetheless.
One of my friends showed me this on facebook. This was my response:
I plugged in a bunch of blog entries, just to see how this rodeo went down, and got Stephen King (thrice), Mark Twain, Dan Brown (thrice), Margaret Atwood, and Chuck Palahniuk.
Which is really more how I talk than how I write, honestly, because I'd like to think my blog is just me writing down things I want to say to multiple people.
For the fiction I had saved and accessible I got Chuck Palahniuk, J.R.R. Tolkien (admittedly I plugged in a fairy tale I'd written for this), and Stephen King.
I don't entirely trust this thing, I guess is what I'm saying.
For those who have long harbored literary pretensions but somehow missed out on the halfhearted encouragement of a self-absorbed creative writing professor or undermining writers’ workshop, I Write Like is the ego-inflating yet slightly dismissive mentor you’ve never had. Simply plug in a block of text (the longer the better) and, through the magic of some sort of undefined analytical algorithm, you’ll soon find out which famous author’s prose style most resembles your own ramblings. Here’s a rundown of which authors various members of The A.V. Club staff supposedly write like, according to the stories we plugged in. As you can see, it’s kinda complete horseshit—and it only seems to have about a dozen or so authors in its arsenal—but it’s sort-of fun nonetheless.
One of my friends showed me this on facebook. This was my response:
I plugged in a bunch of blog entries, just to see how this rodeo went down, and got Stephen King (thrice), Mark Twain, Dan Brown (thrice), Margaret Atwood, and Chuck Palahniuk.
Which is really more how I talk than how I write, honestly, because I'd like to think my blog is just me writing down things I want to say to multiple people.
For the fiction I had saved and accessible I got Chuck Palahniuk, J.R.R. Tolkien (admittedly I plugged in a fairy tale I'd written for this), and Stephen King.
I don't entirely trust this thing, I guess is what I'm saying.
I put in a few old reviews I wrote for eToychest and was told I write like David Foster Wallace four out of four times
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Here I've lost two books in a week now (First one was a War 40k book). Time to ask for a locker.
I really hope you're not, like, a pilot or something.
Thieves
also, The Sirens of Titan is the best Vonnegut book
ehhh, it's very good and one of his best, but I don't really know about that
the ending is fucking crushing though
Really?
That's weird.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
People who get kicks from thieving.
That was Captain K, the G&T mod who never ever posts
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You wretched bastard
My guess?
The Giver.
I know it isn't objectively his best work, it's just my favorite
I knicked a copy of Catch-22 from a household of where it was obviously never going to be read.
I felt like a monster when I found it.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
Good lord, I forgot how hard this book is to read.
also, the paper is kind of shitty and I have to use my thumb to hold the book open and the ink gets all smudge-y.
I lost touch with them though and I never have given it back
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater might be my favorite
hard to say
What a damn good non-fiction book
Looking forward to my next one, Flawless
It's about the world's best diamond heist!
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I don't know what to think, but I'm definitely glad I read it, and Vonnegut deserves his accolades
it's so good
It was outside and taking up valuable retail space. They wanted me to steal it.
Iain M. Banks, 'Consider Phlebas'.
edit: I feel less bad about it now I realise I am in the company of thieves and brigands.
One of my friends showed me this on facebook. This was my response:
I put in a few old reviews I wrote for eToychest and was told I write like David Foster Wallace four out of four times
so I guess I write like David Foster Wallace