Which Author Do You Write Like?

[Ashe]

I posted my first post from "Let Go" on the Outer Space board into this. It takes your word selection choices and syntax and figures out who you are most similar to.

I got Douglas Adams, which is kinda awesome.

http://iwl.me/s/696f37bd

[Kaden]

http://iwl.me/b/726f1bdc

Was really, really not expecting that. He's pretty awesome though, so... y'know...

[Vad]

I took a post from Judgement, a thread from last year, and it said I write like Dan Brown. It was more of an interaction scene.

Second post from the same thread yet slightly more violent was also Dan Brown.

http://iwl.me/s/cfe99843


A graphic post from Medical Mishap and it said I write like JK Rowling... http://iwl.me/s/32618206

EDIT: As an experiment I took the sex scene from a Whole New World on Namek and tried it out.

Ian Fleming: http://iwl.me/s/3aaddb54

[Ander]

I put in several different things I've written. Each entry always resulted in a new name. Results are on the left with their most recognizable work on the right.

L. Frank Baum - The Wizard of Oz
Dan Brown - The Da Vinci Code
Chuck Palahniuk - Fight Club
Vladimir Nabokov - Lolita
H.P. Lovecraft - The Call of Cthulhu
Isaac Asimov - I, Robot

[Jesper]

Well...if this is accurate, Ander's "utility" theory about my writing is right. xD I got H.P. Lovecraft for my first example, Douglas Adams for the second, and Edgar Allen Poe for the third.

EDIT: After trying it several more times, Stephen King and Dan Brown seem to be the most consistent.

[Psyren]

I got dan brown

[Ashe]

I tried to vary it up and tried about four other posts, all from different situations in different areas. All Douglas Adams.

[Carter]

Dan Brown seems to be a constant here...

I entered all of my work as Carter and got either Dan Brown or Raymond Chandler.

Either Dan Brown is a fabulous writter and I need to look into him or this is all hogwash, lol. However, I will be looking into both writters now. Very interesting.

Edit:

Raymond Chandler only seems to be praised by critics, so I can at least feel some gratitude for my work. However, Dan brown has repeatativly been noted to have a 'clumbsy' style.

I'd probably say that is how I would sum myself up in anything I do. Impressive yet lacking at the same time. Again, very interesting.

[Victoria]

Chuck Palahniuk

[Vad]

Dan Brown wrote the Davinci Code.

[Psyren]

Dan Brown wrote the Davinci Code.

Dumbest book ive ever waisted my time on and i waist alot of time on books.

[Belle Hibiki]

James Joyce?

Fuck, I don't even know who that is.

[Tyr]

I got Douglas Adams, the guy behind Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I cannot express how happy I am for that.

[Ashe]

I got Douglas Adams, the guy behind Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I cannot express how happy I am for that.

You and me both.

[Tyr]

Only bad thing is he is British. I guess no one is perfect...

[Alexander Trafford]

James Joyce?

Fuck, I don't even know who that is.

That has to be a lie. Out of all the writers mentioned thus far in this thread, with the exception of Poe, Joyce is easily the most influential. Guy wrote Ulysses, probably one of the most challenging and taxing novels ever. Took two reads through to fully comprehend it. Just mind blowing shit.

Honestly, not even trying to be a dick here, I don't understand the comparison. Which of your posts did you submit?

Edit: I submitted Dreams and Doorways (I think was the title) in it's entirety. I got Raymond Chandler, a novelist known for hardboiled detective novels. I didn't know what hardboiled met, so i looked it up and it said 'literary style distinguished by an unsentimental portrayal of crime, sex and violence.' I thought that kind of characterized my grimy, darker style that, at least in my opinion, i use frequently. Needless to say i thought it was fairly accurate.

[Vad]

I found it funny that my sex scene warranted a comparison to the guy who created James Bond.

[Oahun]

I got Chuck Palahniuk and Steven King.

[Belle Hibiki]

That has to be a lie. Out of all the writers mentioned thus far in this thread, with the exception of Poe, Joyce is easily the most influential. Guy wrote Ulysses, probably one of the most challenging and taxing novels ever. Took two reads through to fully comprehend it. Just mind blowing shit.

Honestly, not even trying to be a dick here, I don't understand the comparison. Which of your posts did you submit?

I used my post on New Day for the evaluation and it spat out James Joyce. I didn't take out the tildes then, so I'm not sure if that would have had an impact.

Tried it about an hour ago and it spat out Margaret Mitchell.

Was wondering what I did different and tried a few different pastes, wondering if the one this morning was somehow truncated or incomplete. First 'section' still get Margaret Mitchell. The second, starting at "Master Long awoke..." and ending at "she's strong alright." returns James Joyce, as does the fourth.

I was wondering what changed, and it appears that the software for the site was updated about five hours ago (also here). They added new writers and "a small analysis bug," whatever that was. I'm guessing that's why.

So no, I didn't lie.

[Ander]

It says it analyzes word choice and writing style, but I have to believe based on some of the results that it takes into account the genre of your writing. If there aren't any specific references (e.g., sex, science fiction terminology, etcetera) it will give you an author who has a specific style but doesn't necessarily match the genre you yourself are writing.