This link claims to analyze your written text & tell you what famous author you write like

[UTUSN]

"I write like (famous author)." Paste some paragraphs you've already written into the box and get back who you write like.

http://iwl.me/

Mine came back as I write like one Harry HARRISON, whom I've never heard of, although MY not having heard of him don't mean nothing. Wikipedia says he's a science fiction writer, one of his books having been the source for "Soylent Green."

But it looks like everything's got an angle: It turns out this website features some advertiser offering to hook you into their "publishing."

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(from Wikipedia) "Harry Harrison (born March 12, 1925) is an American science fiction author best known for his character the Stainless Steel Rat and the novel Make Room! Make Room! (1966), the basis for the film Soylent Green (1973). He is also (with Brian Aldiss) co-president of the Birmingham Science Fiction Group.

During the 1950s and '60s, he was the main writer of the Flash Gordon newspaper strip. One of his Flash Gordon scripts was serialized in Comics Revue magazine. Harrison drew sketches to help the artist be more scientifically accurate, which the artist largely ignored.

Harrison is a writer of fairly liberal worldview. Harrison's work often hinges around the contrast between the thinking man and the man of force, although the "Thinking Man" often needs ultimately to employ force himself.

Harrison was selected by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America as the 2009 recipient of their Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award."

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[LaurenG]

1. I only wish

I wrote like Ray Bradbury. Fun though.

[Richardo]

2. I submitted two samples (both DU screeds)

The first said I write like Stephen King.

The second: Arthur C. Clarke! :woohoo:

http://iwl.me/s/4ed0f33f

Of course, there's no insight given to this 'analysis' so I suspect it's just a random author-generator.

[MorningGlow]

3. I like it and think it's highly accurate

Okay, mainly because it said I write like Douglas Adams. No higher praise, IMO. :evilgrin:

[blogslut]

4. I got

David Foster Wallace - whom I've never read and J.D. Salinger. The Salinger thing makes me sad because I fucking despised Catcher in the Rye.

[lukasahero]

9. I hated Catcher too but otherwise LOVE Salinger

You should check his other works...

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Arthur C. Clarke, David Foster Wallace, and Isaac Asimov

Never heard of Wallace.

I inputted three different articles on three very different topics. The Clarke one was about science, so I thought, "Okay, maybe that's the link". But the one that came up Asimov had absolutely nothing to do with science, so clearly there must be an algorithm at work that's more advanced than I thought with the first hit.

Interesting.

[suninvited]

6. I typed in part of a story I have in my head right now

so it was very rough.

It said I write like Stephanie Meyer. Great. I have no idea who that is.

[Rosie1223]

14. Stephanie Meyer wrote the Twilight Series. n/t

[suninvited]

30. yes, I looked it up after I posted that

I havent read any of her books, but I know they are very popular. Movies, now.

Maybe I should finish my story, lol.

[hyphenate]

71. Mmmmmmmmmmm

She is also considered a writer for "juveniles." That's not much of a praising comment. (The major audience for her books is young and female)

[SunnySong]

55. Ouch no greater insult... I would sue for emotional distress. nt

[TZ]

7. Said I wrote like JD Salinger.

LOL- I'm one of the few people thats never read "Catcher in the Rye"

[bif]

8. Interesting

I submitted three samples and got:
Stephan King
Arthur Conan Doyle and
Ian Flemming. Yeah, I wish!

[bif]

11. I wrote some corny smut and it said

Vladimir Nabokov!

[XemaSab]

69. I did too

and it said Tolstoy.

The thing that makes that super-duper hella funny is I ripped off Nabokov intentionally. :D

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

10. I write like...

Stephen King, which is good as he is one of my favorites.

[lukasahero]

12. Kurt Vonnegut and David Foster Wallace

I highly doubt it but I'll take it since Vonnegut is probably my favorite author ever. :)

[Mopar151]

63. I got Kurt Vonnegut as well.

I wonder how many authours it uses.....

[Bozita]

13. Has anyone tried some of GWB's off-the-cuff statements?

[bif]

18. I just did.

I entered: The question is, is our children learning? We need to put more food on our families.

And it said the author writes like Margaret Atwood.

[Bozita]

19. I entered this quote from W ... and it said David Foster Wallace

Because the — all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those — changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be — or closer delivered to what has been promised. Does that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of things that cause the — like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested that we calculate — the benefits will rise based upon inflation, as opposed to wage increases. There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those — if that growth is affected, it will help on the red.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_Wallace

[Bozita]

21. and then I tried this one.... and it came back with Kurt Vonnegut

I say I listen to all voices, but mine’s the final decision. And Don Rumsfeld is doing a fine job. He’s not only transforming the military, he’s fighting a war on terror. He’s helping us fight a war on terror. I have strong confidence in Don Rumsfeld. I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I’m the decider, and I decide what is best. And what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense.



I'm calling bullshit on that "analyzer"

[bif]

15. How about submitting some Stephen King and seeing

What it says?

[Rosie1223]

16. Mine said I write like Charles Dickens so

I put in the first couple of paragraphs of 'A Christmas Carol' and it did correctly pick Charles Dickens.

[bif]

17. I entered some Hemmingway

And it actually came back Ernest Hemmingway!

[woo me with science]

39. I entered some actual Faulkner and got back Margaret Atwood. nt

[Mojambo]

20. I got Palahniuk on most of my stuff.

And JK Rowling on one thing.

[JonLP24]

22. I write like Daniel Defoe

I submitted a medium length post that I didn't put a lot of care into because I posted it in the Sports forum.

[Dr Morbius]

23. H.P. Lovecraft. (nt)

[last_texas_dem]

24. David Foster Wallace

The text I posted was from a blog entry, though, so I suspect that if I posted writing from a different type of source I'd end up with someone completely different.

[last_texas_dem]

28. And, apparently, the most difficult paper I had to write in grad school reads like Dan Brown

Should I feel good about that? haha

[CBR]

25. I guess David Foster Wallace because I put in

five things and they all came back with him. It could be the nature of the things I am writing about.

[Call Me Wesley]

26. Dan Brown, Stephen King, David Foster Wallace?

Okay, it's just from my blog, so it's okay. At least I'll make some money with it so I can hire ghostwriters ...

[ZombieNixon]

27. Some analysis

It is not a random author generator, as I tried a few samples multiple times and each other got the same result, so there is some algorithm doing its thing. It says it relies on word choice, but doesn't say much else, so it really is of very little use for true analysis. I'd be much more interested in seeing the individual metrics and the results in each of those areas.

I added a blog to my personal website just so I could get my thoughts on this down. http://blog.nikhilkrishnaswamy.com/?p=12">Link

The statement of purpose I wrote for grad school read like H.P. Lovecraft. :o The topic? 500 words about why I want to study computational linguistics.

A lengthy sample of fiction read like George Orwell, another like Edgar Allan Poe. Little snippets got results all over the place, from William Shakespeare to Stephen King. Show me the workings!

[PVnRT]

29. I got James Joyce for one of my Rabrrrrr match game stories

Weird, since it was written in the style of Lovecraft.

Conclusion: James Joyce is an eldritch horror from beyond time that drives those insane who attempt to read Ulysses.

[rug]

44. I think Rabrrrrr read Ulysses in one sitting. That's the only explanation.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. I write like Vladimir Nabokov!

Wow. I just entered a poem I wrote today...

Very cool.

[6000eliot]

32. Peggy, Did you know that English was his second language?

He always wrote in English, however.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. No, I didn't know that...

He wrote so naturally that it never even crossed my mind that it was a second language. He WAS a writer, though, wasn't he? He must have been a linguist too.

:hi:

My poem (that I used for this test) isn't ready for prime time, but I'm going to PM it to you, so you can see.

[6000eliot]

34. Thank you, Peggy.

I wish I was as good a prose stylist as Nabokov, and English is my first language!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. Read my poem, and then tell me what you think, OK?

That analyzer might be all wet!

:rofl:

[6000eliot]

37. I love the poem, Peggy!

I think you missed an opportunity to arrange the verse so that it's shaped like a mermaid's tail, though (It's awfully close as it is). I love the illusiveness of the beauty and perfection the poem implies.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. Ah, I thank you!

Nah, I'm not into shapes with words...

I'm really glad you like it...

[RandomThoughts]

36. You have never heard of Harry Harrison!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stainless Steal Rat, he wrote Death World Trilogy also. I highly recommend both.

Jim Digriz and the Bishop


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Harrison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat

Note I think of the label of Rat with affinity.

..We must be as stealthy as rats in the wainscoting of their society. It was easier in the old days, of course, and society had more rats when the rules were looser, just as old wooden buildings have more rats than concrete buildings. But there are rats in the building now as well. Now that society is all ferrocrete and stainless steel there are fewer gaps in the joints. It takes a very smart rat indeed to find these openings. Only a stainless steel rat can be at home in this environment...


I really liked his writing, It is where I learned not to pick aliases that are to close to some other name. Where I learned not everything is clockwise, where I learned how to separate fuel into its different parts. I learned much from his documents.

Most people have heard of a secret order to maintain justice, the Temporal corps is so secret, nobody ever even heard of it, great books on temporal lore.

I studied almost all his books.



AC/DC - Thunderstruck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoeeq-BH4w

[smoochpooch]

40. 1st sample said "Tolstoy", 2nd and 3rd both said "David Wallace Foster."

I regret that I have read neither.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. I write like Arthur C. Clarke.

My dad writes like James Joyce.

[UndertheOcean]

42. It claims I write like "Stephenie Meyer" , want to shoot myself now

[rug]

43. This got James Joyce.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

:rofl:

[Common Sense Party]

53. I got James Joyce, but with some real fiction!

Nice to know I write nonsense.

I think the analyzer is nonsense.

[TheMightyFavog]

45. My results:

Sample 1: biography for a pregenerated character for a roleplaying Game: David Foster Wallace

Sample 2: An anylisis of the Infamous Burger King ad starring Darius Rucker that I wrote for a comm class in college: David Foster Wallace

Sample 3: A Facebook not in which I embaraasingly admit that I actually liked You Don't Mess With The Zohan! : Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

[Sweet Freedom]

46. I'm also David Foster Wallace

[Zorra]

50. Yeah, me too. nt

[WolverineDG]

47. Margaret Atwood nt

[Silver Swan]

48. I put in two beginnings

that I wrote for the same story. One came back Kurt Vonnegut and the other was Charles Dickens.

[Fire Walk With Me]

49. James Fenimore Cooper, whoever that is!

I gave it my seminal poem, a phonetic rip of Somewhere over the rainbow:

Mohair, over the painflow
I'll rub thigh.
Rubber band gets the worm up,
guns, babaloo, meat pie.

Mohair over the painflow
Blue Man Group,
and all the screams that you dared to scream
are really freggin' loud.

Mohair, over the painflow
insects fly
insects fly over the painflow,
modem cottage cheese thigh.
One day I'll fly into a star
leave little gasps of plasma gas behind me;
my ship will melt like toasted ice
beef jerkey always tastes so nice
oily faces sure are shiny!

If biting diseased insects fly
over the painflow
where the fuck am I?

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Then, I entered Psalm 23, and was told that it is like James Joyce.

1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.

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If you entered some Pynchon, what would be the result?

[Dr Morbius]

57. James Fenimore Cooper wrote the Natty Bumppo stories, and you may have heard of:

The Last of the Mohicans.

[uncommon]

51. I got Dan Brown. Can I have some money please? :D nt

[msanthrope]

52. I got Stephen King.

Wanted Jane Austen....

[MichiganVote]

66. Me too. Whatever.

[BreweryYardRat]

54. I got Dan Brown. Normally, I'd feel worse about that...

...but the sample I used was drastically in need of a rewrite due to plot inconsistencies.

That program may be pretty accurate.

[SunnySong]

56. David Foster Wallace???

Yes to my shame I had to look him up...

[Kat45]

58. It sounds like the same names are coming up over and over.

Do that many people write like these particular authors, or do they only have a limited number of authors in their database to use for comparison purposes? If someone puts in a total piece of shit piece, will it still tell you that your writing is like that of a particular author?

[spinbaby]

59. I got J.K. Rowling

I wish.

[darkstar3]

60. Edgar Allen Poe.

Now I'm oddly proud of myself.

[Kaleva]

61. I matched up with Dr. Seuss

[skygazer]

62. Two samples

One was an analytical paper about the portrayal of women in action movies. That came up as David Foster Wallace. I have no idea who he is.

The other was an excerpt from a fantasy novel I've been working on and that came up as Neil Gaiman. :woohoo:


I love Neil Gaiman. :)

[Mopar151]

64. This time

I posted some stuff I posted elcewhere (on old school racing) It came up as "Chuck Palihuniuk"

[Mopar151]

65. Got Dan Brown on the third try. n/t

[ohheckyeah]

67. LOL

I write like George Orwell

[XemaSab]

68. I entered a few paragraphs from my dirty LOST fanfic

and it said I was freakin' Tolstoy.

Awesome. :rofl:

[hyphenate]

70. BTW, Harry Harrison was a great writer. You would like some of his "detective" SF stories

I tried twice. The first one resulted in someone named David Foster Wallace, someone I am not familiar with. The text was from a rather old DU essay I wrote about a year and a half ago.

The second was an essay I wrote as a note on my Facebook page. The result was slightly more interesting, because I am familiar with this write--H.P. Lovecraft.

I write like H. P. Lovecraft. Proof: http://iwl.me/s/147eabd8

[Avalux]

72. I write like George Orwell...

...hmmm....not sure what I think of that. :P

[hyphenate]

73. I just realized something else on the final choices and what you submit

I think one of the reasons that people are coming up with certain authors is because, like me, we're submitting non-fiction, and non-fiction which is written directly for an audience.

If people are doing this, it's going to come up with authors who write with a more "chatty" type of writing. We often don't write with a mind toward literary excellemce. amd we will find we keep overall vocabulary to less complex words.

There used to be a program many years ago that I used quite frequently for my novel writing. Unfortunately, I don't think it survived too long after Windows went to a more graphical interface. It didn't give author names, but it went through your text and told whether you were writing "elegant" sentences or "trite" ones.

If someone wants to write fiction, submit fiction, and you should get a better idea of who you write like.

[City of Mills]

74. I put in some Slayer lyrics and it came back as William Shakespeare

Through the night we rise in pairs
Lords at night we ride
From the depths of Hell's domain
Reborn to reign this night
Roam throughout the endless wars
Hold high his name we must
Warriors from the gates of Hell
In Lord Satan we trust

Stalking the night can't you feel I'm near
Watching each step that you take
I take lives and show all no mercy this night
Attack those not knowing my force ("...their fate")

Brothers of the Prince of Night
By bargains we have made
Allies with the darkened souls
Our legions we must save
Fight for our eternal quest
:evilgrin:

God can't save you in time
Evil stalks the night with us
Your soul it shall be mine

I am the menace in your eyes
The one you can't escape
Your life falls in my grasp
Your know your end is near
You pray your God will help
His strength no match for mine
Your last hope slips away
Thy soul begins to bleed
I tear your flesh to shreds
Burn holes throughout your mind
Your eyes now filled with blood
A victim of my force
In endless agony
You realize your defeat
Recite my Master's chants
Your soul now his to keep:evilgrin:

[hyphenate]

75. There's an article about this site

I guess it only launched recently.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100716/ap_en_ot/us_web_i_write_like

[AllenVanAllen]

76. I submitted three and came back with - Arthur Conan Doyle,

Stephen King and Isaac Asimov. Who knew?

[Solly Mack]

77. George Orwell on a couple of samples. Kurt Vonnegut on one sample.

H.P. Lovecraft on another sample.

edit to add:

Isaac Asimov on another sample... David Foster Wallace on yet another sample.

James Joyce and Jonathan(*Johathan)Swift. More Vonnegut and Foster Wallace. Oscar Wilde.


I'm having fun with this...lolololol


* That's how it was spelled on the iwl site.

[YankeyMCC]

78. George Orwell

[nuxvomica]

79. I pasted each chapter of my novel separately...

1 Margaret Atwood
2 David Foster Wallace
3 H.G. Wells
4 Neil Gaiman
5 H.P. Lovecraft
6 David Foster Wallace
7 Dan Brown
8 Daniel Defoe
9 Mario Puzo

Now if I could start it like Puzo and end it like Atwood, I might be able to get it published. ;-)

[SunnySong]

80. The old ones driving your protagonist crazy in the middle of the book my cause trouble. nt

[nuxvomica]

82. Actually, there are a lot of references to ancient things in it

It's easily the weirdest chapter and I may have fallen into heavy usage of Lovecraftian adjectives to describe certain objects and events. No old gods, though. I suspect the analysis is based largely on word choice and frequency.

[nuxvomica]

83. Actually, there are a lot of references to ancient things in it

Dupe! That was creepy. ;-)

[AzDar]

81. Tolkien... lol...that can't be good.

:)