Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Who Do You "Write Like"?

According to the fun new website, I Write Like, the first two pages of my novel have a writing style very similar to Stephen King and Chuck Palahniuk. Not so bad. I really enjoy both of these authors.

I Write Like allows you to paste in some copy you've written whether it's from a recent blog post or your Pulitzer prize-winning news story about refugees in Afghanistan, and the master computer behind the big blue curtain will analyze it and compare it to the language style of many famous authors. Try it!

How many new authors out there would love it/hate it to be told they write like someone else? Do you think there really is such a thing as a "fresh new voice"?

4 comments:

  1. hahaha...that is a cool site. My response was "Please, stop writing."

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  2. And I wonder how many people get silly responses like "Ashton Kutcher" or "Beverly Cleary" or "Bill Clinton's Ghost Writer".

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  3. I submitted a blog post about "The Bachelorette" and the result was "Ian Fleming."

    That sort of blows my mind. And it totally made my day.

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  4. Can't complain about being compared to a household name like the creator of James Bond, nosiree!

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