Who do you write like?

**Valigarmander** · 02-02-2012, 12:39 AM

I Write Like

Find something you've written (preferably a few paragraphs, not just a sentence or two) and paste it into this analyzer, and it will compare your writing to numerous famous authors to see which one you write like.

Some crap I wrote six years ago reads like Isaac Asimov, brilliant scientist and author of the Foundation and Robot series.

Some crap I wrote three years ago apparently reads like Vladimir Nabokov, the dude who wrote Lolita.

My review for Skyward Sword is similar to the writing of Dan Brown, the crazy guy who wrote The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons.

It seems my writing keeps getting worse and worse over time.

Dizzy · 02-02-2012, 12:41 AM

I write like P.G. Wodehouse.

Whoever that is.

Bomby · 02-02-2012, 12:46 AM

I typed in the word "ears" a bunch of times, seeing if I would get Haruki Murakami. Instead, I got Lewis Carroll.

**Loot** · 02-02-2012, 01:01 AM

From my Mortal Kombat knockoff topic, I got Cory Doctorow twice and Margaret Atwood the third time.

I apparently type like a Canadian

Mission accomplished

***Booyakasha*** · 02-02-2012, 01:27 AM

Apparently, my amazingly-stupid bar fight post reads like Cory Doctorow and/or H P Lovecraft (tried it twice), my equally moronic bear battle story comes off like Edgar Allen Poe, and my dumb idea for the next Batman movie is akin to Agatha Christie. I wish there were some way I could apologise to those worthies for such wicked slander.

***CaptHayfever*** · 02-02-2012, 01:34 AM

My Real Steel analysis is like David Foster Wallace. I can see some linguistic similarities, but it's a stretch.

Talking about building up the nerve to call a girl, about refusing to become an hero, & about Facebook-stalking apparently likens me to Cory Doctorow.

My obsession with nomenclature & bad guys who are actually bad...& my Last Airbender review (!?) make me sound like Lovecraft.

Somehow me discussing cussing without actually doing it sounds like Vladmir Nabokov.

My chronicle of the Amanda Bynes Twitter Retirement Saga of 2010 got me P.G. Wodehouse, who really seems like the most accurate comparison so far.

Oh, & I intentionally submitted a page from A Series of Unfortunate Events to see if Snicket came up....instead it got Gertrude Stein.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

Scarecrow · 02-02-2012, 01:34 AM

My result -

Quote:

I write like
Agatha Christie.

Jere · 02-02-2012, 02:39 AM

I got cory doctorow!

***Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds*** · 02-02-2012, 06:00 AM

Ehehehe. I had fun with this once before. Let's see the new results.

From the beginning part of my soon-to-be-released short story, "Harvest", I got H.G. Wells, then from the ending of "Harvest", I got H.P. Lovecraft. *cackle* That's a pretty good result.

From my current work in progress, a novella, I got Arthur Clarke! Again, well fitted.

And from the first novel of my dark fantasy series, I got... NEIL GAIMAN. So much win. Oh yeah.

Gabriel · 02-02-2012, 11:34 AM

I don't write.

Luigiman7 · 02-02-2012, 11:48 AM

first j.d. salinger then raymond chandler then douglas adams

***The Doctor*** · 02-02-2012, 11:52 AM

Apparently I write like a drunken spider dipped in some ink...

Bomby · 02-02-2012, 12:01 PM

I typed in this random nonsense:

Solipsistic vitriolic hatred comes at bey when three quasi-draconian hooligans interrupt a soccer match while staring at the ears of two inebriated rabbits. They fan flames of death while playing hopscotch with twelve hungry diabetics. Two donkeys come into play with a jar of mayonnaise and begin to farm apricots on the far side of the moon, while Wong Fei-Hung performs his shadowless kick on a convicted rapist.

and got Neil Gaiman.

**X-3** · 02-02-2012, 12:14 PM

I came up with something and got Charles Dickens. Dunno how it came to that conclusion. I'm not sure how reliable this thing is: writing 'work of art' 39 times gets me Oscar Wilde, but writing it 38 times gets me Lovecraft.

StarryPeach · 02-02-2012, 03:05 PM

I put in a ficlet I wrote recently and got Robert Louis Stevenson. Then I put in another ficlet I wrote and got J.D. Salinger.

Bomby · 02-03-2012, 01:30 AM

I finally decided to do it for real.

I took the third paragraph of an essay I wrote in my blog and got William Gibson.

I took the first paragraph from the same essay and got H.P. Lovecraft.

I took the whole damn thing and got Margaret Atwood.

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 02-03-2012, 09:04 AM

I put in two paragraphs... I got Neil Gaiman with the first paragraph (who i didn't know... >.> so ESSDEE sent me info... >.>) and the second paragraph, I got Edgar Allen Poe...

***CaptHayfever*** · 02-03-2012, 02:40 PM

Okay, round 2: Let's get poetical.

My parody of slam poetry got Lovecraft again.

Entries 1-3 of my friendship suite got Daniel Defoe (?), Lewis Carroll, &...Dan Brown (

), respectively.

Entries 4 & 5 of my friendship suite got James Joyce & Doctorow again, respectively.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

**Valigarmander** · 02-03-2012, 02:52 PM

Poetry time.

Some crappy poem I wrote five years ago reads like James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet of the early 20th century.

Some crappy poem I wrote three years ago reads like Anne Rice, weird Christian vampire sex author.

Yep, still getting worse.

CuccoLady · 02-03-2012, 08:56 PM

A bit of prose/poetry-- not sure which to refer to it as-- I wrote last year [also my favorite thing I've ever written] apparently reads like J.R.R. Tolkien.

The term paper I wrote for my religious studies class last semester apparently is similar to H.P. Lovecraft. I tried two separate selections from the paper and got the same result.

...And apparently a poem analysis I wrote for my Celtic Literature class ALSO reads like H.P. Lovecraft. I guess my essays all sound like him x{D

My casual writing/notes/thoughts, unedited just as I let them come out, are written like Dan Brown. I tried a few different selections from notes, brainstorms, ideas, etc.

this is fun

[edit: I put the text in this post in the analyzer and got H.P. Lovecraft again. lol]

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ok seriously I've tried a bunch of different stuff I've written and I get NOTHING but these three dudes, mostly Lovecraft and Brown x{D

02-02-2012, 12:39 AM	#1
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Who do you write like? I Write Like Find something you've written (preferably a few paragraphs, not just a sentence or two) and paste it into this analyzer, and it will compare your writing to numerous famous authors to see which one you write like. Some crap I wrote six years ago reads like Isaac Asimov, brilliant scientist and author of the Foundation and Robot series. Some crap I wrote three years ago apparently reads like Vladimir Nabokov, the dude who wrote Lolita. My review for Skyward Sword is similar to the writing of Dan Brown, the crazy guy who wrote The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. It seems my writing keeps getting worse and worse over time.

02-02-2012, 01:27 AM	#5
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	Apparently, my amazingly-stupid bar fight post reads like Cory Doctorow and/or H P Lovecraft (tried it twice), my equally moronic bear battle story comes off like Edgar Allen Poe, and my dumb idea for the next Batman movie is akin to Agatha Christie. I wish there were some way I could apologise to those worthies for such wicked slander. Last edited by Booyakasha; 02-02-2012 at 01:46 AM.

02-02-2012, 02:39 AM	#8
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	I got cory doctorow! __________________ From where it counts: Lapland

02-02-2012, 11:48 AM	#11
Luigiman7 ヽ(◔ ◡ ◔)ノ.･ﾟ*｡･+☆ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: ~)´◡｀(~ Gender: Posts: 17,605 Thanks: 1,134 Thanked 1,012 Times in 713 Posts Blog Entries: 8	first j.d. salinger then raymond chandler then douglas adams __________________ ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ＷＯＮ’Ｔ　ＹＯＵ　ＢＥＣＯＭＥ　Ａ　ＭＡＧＩＣＡＬ　ＧＩＲＬ？

02-02-2012, 12:14 PM	#14
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,943 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	I came up with something and got Charles Dickens. Dunno how it came to that conclusion. I'm not sure how reliable this thing is: writing 'work of art' 39 times gets me Oscar Wilde, but writing it 38 times gets me Lovecraft. Last edited by X-3; 02-02-2012 at 12:20 PM.

02-02-2012, 12:41 AM	#2
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	I write like P.G. Wodehouse. Whoever that is.

02-02-2012, 12:46 AM	#3
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I typed in the word "ears" a bunch of times, seeing if I would get Haruki Murakami. Instead, I got Lewis Carroll.

02-02-2012, 01:01 AM	#4
Loot Apparently I'm a mod? Join Date: May 2001 Location: LEGITIMATE BUSINESS Gender: Posts: 13,208 Thanks: 236 Thanked 1,237 Times in 659 Posts	From my Mortal Kombat knockoff topic, I got Cory Doctorow twice and Margaret Atwood the third time. I apparently type like a Canadian Mission accomplished

02-02-2012, 01:34 AM	#6
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	My Real Steel analysis is like David Foster Wallace. I can see some linguistic similarities, but it's a stretch. Talking about building up the nerve to call a girl, about refusing to become an hero, & about Facebook-stalking apparently likens me to Cory Doctorow. My obsession with nomenclature & bad guys who are actually bad...& my Last Airbender review (!?) make me sound like Lovecraft. Somehow me discussing cussing without actually doing it sounds like Vladmir Nabokov. My chronicle of the Amanda Bynes Twitter Retirement Saga of 2010 got me P.G. Wodehouse, who really seems like the most accurate comparison so far. Oh, & I intentionally submitted a page from A Series of Unfortunate Events to see if Snicket came up....instead it got Gertrude Stein. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

02-02-2012, 06:00 AM	#9
*Saria Dragon of the Rain Wilds* Admin "mine.. not yours. NO. MINE." Epic Ladynerd Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Forteresse de Valois Gender: Posts: 28,503 Thanks: 1,658 Thanked 1,820 Times in 1,042 Posts	Ehehehe. I had fun with this once before. Let's see the new results. From the beginning part of my soon-to-be-released short story, "Harvest", I got H.G. Wells, then from the ending of "Harvest", I got H.P. Lovecraft. cackle That's a pretty good result. From my current work in progress, a novella, I got Arthur Clarke! Again, well fitted. And from the first novel of my dark fantasy series, I got... NEIL GAIMAN. So much win. Oh yeah.

02-02-2012, 11:34 AM	#10
Gabriel Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pesterchum~ Gender: Posts: 2,752 Thanks: 206 Thanked 139 Times in 115 Posts	I don't write.

02-02-2012, 11:52 AM	#12
*The Doctor* The Last Timelord. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: In the TARDIS Gender: Posts: 13,879 Thanks: 915 Thanked 656 Times in 426 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Apparently I write like a drunken spider dipped in some ink...

02-02-2012, 12:01 PM	#13
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I typed in this random nonsense: Solipsistic vitriolic hatred comes at bey when three quasi-draconian hooligans interrupt a soccer match while staring at the ears of two inebriated rabbits. They fan flames of death while playing hopscotch with twelve hungry diabetics. Two donkeys come into play with a jar of mayonnaise and begin to farm apricots on the far side of the moon, while Wong Fei-Hung performs his shadowless kick on a convicted rapist. and got Neil Gaiman.

02-02-2012, 03:05 PM	#15
StarryPeach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Somewhere Gender: Posts: 7,639 Thanks: 771 Thanked 343 Times in 296 Posts	I put in a ficlet I wrote recently and got Robert Louis Stevenson. Then I put in another ficlet I wrote and got J.D. Salinger.

02-03-2012, 01:30 AM	#16
Bomby You just freaking blew Joe Biden's mind! Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: WHAT?house Gender: Posts: 19,491 Thanks: 513 Thanked 1,449 Times in 849 Posts Blog Entries: 5	I finally decided to do it for real. I took the third paragraph of an essay I wrote in my blog and got William Gibson. I took the first paragraph from the same essay and got H.P. Lovecraft. I took the whole damn thing and got Margaret Atwood.

02-03-2012, 09:04 AM	#17
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥♥♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Twinklebutton Wintersprout Gender: Posts: 31,454 Thanks: 864 Thanked 851 Times in 632 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I put in two paragraphs... I got Neil Gaiman with the first paragraph (who i didn't know... >.> so ESSDEE sent me info... >.>) and the second paragraph, I got Edgar Allen Poe...

02-03-2012, 02:40 PM	#18
*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	Okay, round 2: Let's get poetical. My parody of slam poetry got Lovecraft again. Entries 1-3 of my friendship suite got Daniel Defoe (?), Lewis Carroll, &...Dan Brown (), respectively. Entries 4 & 5 of my friendship suite got James Joyce & Doctorow again, respectively. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

02-03-2012, 02:52 PM	#19
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Poetry time. Some crappy poem I wrote five years ago reads like James Joyce, Irish novelist and poet of the early 20th century. Some crappy poem I wrote three years ago reads like Anne Rice, weird Christian vampire sex author. Yep, still getting worse.

02-03-2012, 08:56 PM	#20
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	A bit of prose/poetry-- not sure which to refer to it as-- I wrote last year [also my favorite thing I've ever written] apparently reads like J.R.R. Tolkien. The term paper I wrote for my religious studies class last semester apparently is similar to H.P. Lovecraft. I tried two separate selections from the paper and got the same result. ...And apparently a poem analysis I wrote for my Celtic Literature class ALSO reads like H.P. Lovecraft. I guess my essays all sound like him x{D My casual writing/notes/thoughts, unedited just as I let them come out, are written like Dan Brown. I tried a few different selections from notes, brainstorms, ideas, etc. this is fun [edit: I put the text in this post in the analyzer and got H.P. Lovecraft again. lol] --- ok seriously I've tried a bunch of different stuff I've written and I get NOTHING but these three dudes, mostly Lovecraft and Brown x{D