I write like me.

[bezigebij]

A friend from my writing group sent the following link:

http://iwl.me

I put in several texts and got disparate results including: Kurt Vonnegut, Ernest Hemingway and Chuck Palahniuk. Not sure if I agree or what to make of that, but it's fun nonetheless.

Who do you get?

Comments

[wyliekat]

I got Chuck and Margaret Atwood. I think I like that combination.

[bezigebij]

An interesting combination, yes.

[metamorpheus]

I imagine it would vary significantly by purpose- but of the text I entered I got Mark Twain.

[bezigebij]

What do you mean by purpose? Do you mean the type of text? Scientific paper versus fiction story versus news paper article? Yes, I believe that would make a big difference.

[metamorpheus]

Yeah... that and also just intention and inspiration. Most of my livejournal is documenting/lists/basic run-down for later reference. Some of it's totally selfish analysis and venting. But occasionally, rarely, I actually 'write'.

[bezigebij]

Indeed. The work I submitted wasn't from my journal but chapters to a book I am working on. I consider it more "actual writing" than what I have here. I suspect if I used blog entries my results would be different as well.

[smittenbyu]

I got Dan Brown & Cory Doctorow...hmmm....

[bezigebij]

Yes, I would "hmmm" about that one too. Did you put in blog entries or some other writing?

[calypso72]

I got Stephen King.

[bezigebij]

Interesting. It does make you wonder why and what aspects of your writing align with his.

Re: Hmmm...

[bezigebij]

There are only 50 writers in the program and a good chance that Doc Savage isn't one of them. So there is also a chance that you've got that style down pat and they just can't place it - not because your writing isn't spot on, but because they don't recognize it.

I know of two other people getting David Foster Wallace as well; both are writers who work I appreciate.