I was recently directed to a neat little corner of the web: a textual analyser designed to scratch the egos of fledgling writers everywhere by informing them that they write like this or that famous author.
Now, obviously, only James Joyce writes like James Joyce, but it’s fun to pretend. And testing a few of my samples in the machine, I got results that pleased me mightily.
First…
Which just makes me smile, seeing as he’s absolutely, full-stop, make-no-exceptions my favorite author. But then, just for icing on the cake, I tried another sample and got this one:
At which point I stopped, because why keep playing when you’ve already won the game?
You can check it out at I Write Like.
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December 21st, 2015 at 9:09 AM
I got this:
I write like James Joyce.
So now I’m dubious, because even by accident I couldn’t write like Joyce. Still, it’s good for a laugh.
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December 21st, 2015 at 9:39 AM
Right? Obviously it’s a computer algorithm reading pattern more than product, but yeah. Good fun.
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October 27th, 2016 at 3:51 PM
Ack, it says I write like Anne Rice. I don’t know whether I should be insulted or complimented. Based on the movies with Tom Cruise, I should just throw my works into a bonfire and say farewell to any writing aspirations.
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October 28th, 2016 at 3:48 PM
Ha. Once upon a time, I would have definitely have taken that as a compliment. Nowadays, though … then again, she sold a hell of a lot of books, so there must be something in it.
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