Nifty little analyzer for shits and giggles--
http://iwl.me/
QuoteCheck which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style and compares them with those of the famous writers.
I dropped in three samples--got one Corey Doctorow, and two William Gibsons. Go fig.
Pfft stupid program, when I input Hunter S. Thompson excerpt told me it was written like JD Salinger. :rolleyes:
Quote from: katmai on June 02, 2012, 11:11:06 PM
Pfft stupid program, when I input Hunter S. Thompson excerpt told me it was written like JD Salinger. :rolleyes:
lol
In the same spirit, I dropped 3 pieces. James Joyce x2 and 1 Chuck Palahniuk. :hmm:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 02, 2012, 11:03:48 PM
I dropped in three samples--got one Corey Doctorow, and two William Gibsons. Go fig.
:hmm:
2x Corey Doctorow, 1x William Gibson here.
David Foster Wallace 1 and Kurt Vonnegut 1. The only sizable written stuff I have to hand.
I remember seeing this a while ago and somebody looked into its methodology...it is indeed pretty crappy. Never guesses authors are themselves.
I got the Cory Doctorow :/
I put another one and I got H.P. Lovecraft. I think I write more along the lines of CdM meets bmolsson.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 02, 2012, 11:15:25 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 02, 2012, 11:03:48 PM
I dropped in three samples--got one Corey Doctorow, and two William Gibsons. Go fig.
:hmm:
2x Corey Doctorow, 1x William Gibson here.
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Quote from: Tyr on June 02, 2012, 11:16:28 PM
David Foster Wallace
:bleeding:
11. :bleeding:
Quote from: Tyr on June 02, 2012, 11:16:28 PM
Never guesses authors are themselves.
Ulysses text came out - James Joyce
It said a dieselpunk story of mine is William Gibson, a fantasy story is William Shakespeare and another fantasy story is Anne Rice. :unsure:
Quote from: Syt on June 02, 2012, 11:20:15 PM
another fantasy story is Anne Rice. :unsure:
:D
First try, Arthur Clarke. YES.
Second try, Stephen King. MEH.
And i don't have anything to input as all my stuff is in script form :nerd:
Quote from: katmai on June 02, 2012, 11:22:20 PM
And i don't have anything to input as all my stuff is in script form :nerd:
I have part of a script. Not surprisingly it involves a bitchy woman.
Quote from: katmai on June 02, 2012, 11:22:20 PM
And i don't have anything to input as all my stuff is in script form :nerd:
That's OK, I had to retype my stuff into it direct, because I use a manual typewriter.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 02, 2012, 11:24:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 02, 2012, 11:22:20 PM
And i don't have anything to input as all my stuff is in script form :nerd:
That's OK, I had to retype my stuff into it direct, because I use a manual typewriter.
Oh God.
Having nothing of my own, I used three blog posts of an old crush.
She came up with H.P Lovecraft, Dan Brown, and Douglas Adams.
Not sure if I dodged a bullet there, or not.
Quote from: Ideologue on June 02, 2012, 11:38:34 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on June 02, 2012, 11:24:27 PM
Quote from: katmai on June 02, 2012, 11:22:20 PM
And i don't have anything to input as all my stuff is in script form :nerd:
That's OK, I had to retype my stuff into it direct, because I use a manual typewriter.
Oh God.
Fuck you. :P Helps me focus. Can't write on the computer, or I'm logging into WoW or EVE or porn the moment I have a brain fart for 3 minutes.
Never lost so much as a single sentence to a hard drive crash or power fail or any other electronic bullshit, either.
Besides, I love my typewriters. Beautiful machinery. My Olympia SM3 pops like an MG-42. West Germans knew how to make their shit last.
Or you could just have an old laptop without games or entertainment whatsoever as writing tool and backup your data to a USB stick.
Though I love the charm of mechanical typewriters myself. I prefer writing by hand, though.
Quote from: Syt on June 02, 2012, 11:55:16 PM
Or you could just have an old laptop without games or entertainment whatsoever as writing tool and backup your data to a USB stick.
Meh, tried that before. I simply don't trust any of it. I'll take my chances on the elements.
QuoteThough I love the charm of mechanical typewriters myself. I prefer writing by hand, though.
Depending on how good the flow is, sometimes I'll longhand first, and redraft and first edit on the typewriter on the fly--the best thing about a typewriter is no delete button, I hate deleting something I could conceivably use elsewhere, every word and sentence is sacred, blah blah blah--so I'll edit or cross out on the platen directly, which is why I usually type with a pencil in my mouth. With all the lines, arrows, circles, comments and scribbles, nobody can read that shit except me.
It's a little labor intensive, but it's what I do.
Got Gertrude Stein, Arthur C. Clarke, and Chuck Palahniuk.
Stein and Palahniuk were short stories I wrote years ago and Clarke was an essay I had to write for English class.
The Raven- HP Lovecraft
Macbeth Act 1- James Joyce
Green Eggs and Ham- James Joyce
Haven't written squat in years.
Jane Austen.
:blink:
William Shakespeare. :bowler:
The first chapter of my thesis - it said I wrote like Defoe.
Arthur C. Clarke. :D