“So you think you can write?” The most clichéd question an author, a poet or a writer is asked every time he or she proclaims of his/her skills. Yes! Yes, it is very embarrassing and belittling question to be answered, an insult to our talents. No more, are we not going to bear with these disparaging questions. Looks like Goddess Saraswathi or her contemporaries interested in literature have come to our rescue.
There is this site http://iwl.me/ which analyses your writing skills, compares with the writing skills of other greats and suggests that your writing style matches so and so writer. What more, it generates a badge and authenticates that your writing style is that of the great so-and-so write. You can post it on your blog or website and gloat about it
I am not sure of the algorithm behind this site, it does some calculations. Yes it does.
For the first sample, my writing style was that of Ian Fleming (I was on cloud 9). Next, I was rated as Cory Doctorow (Cory who???) and next H.P Lovecraft. My friend who was watching my disillusioned state gave up on it and said “Dude, you have your own style, you do not copy any authors, that is the reason Mr. Big Brains is not able to predict you”. I liked this idea and want to stick on with it. So, I stopped trying to analyze.
Hope at least you find the author you emulate. Good luck, pay visit to the site and find out.
And yes, Don’t forget to come back and comment on this post as to which author you write likeJ.You never know, who will start following you after they know whose writing style you match.
Hey I am not sure whom I write like. After trying once, I tried with different different post addressing different issues. I got following responce after doing it 5 times:
David Foster Wallace
Cory Doctorow
Ian Fleming
Kurt Vonnegut
I think I have my own style! :)
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Hey Karan,
We both are in same boat.
We both are individualists :)
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It says I write like David Foster Wallace :rotfl: and guess what sample I gave ? ” A B C D E …. till Z ” :silly:
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LOLZ..
I will try giving 1 to 10. :rotfl:
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OMG! I write like J K Rowling!!!! Am in heaven!
The other writers: Kurt Vonnegut ,Issac Asimov…. Cool!!!(:heh:)
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Hey Anney,
Tats nice. you can come up with the 8th book in potter series :)
Life has become a bore without pottermania
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maine to pehle hi kaha tha u are a genius… big deal this calculator thingy confirmed it :P
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Pranjal…you naughty boy (:blush:)….who did you write like? Please tell me the site didn’t crash after reading your mechanical dynamo theories….(just Kidding);)
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I know that I am a good writer. Am Not boasting!its only that I am able to enjoy what i have written! :inlove:
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amazing.. i’m still gonna try it out thanks to my curiosity.. :)
-http://theparanormalguy.blogspot.com/
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I got William Shakespeare, Cory Doctorow, Oscar Wilde and Rudyard Kipling … quite a catch…
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wow, you have netted the best of all the best
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the site crashed while analyzing my writing
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LOL!!! Haha…
Your style is probably outta the world. ;-)
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What was your style ?
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:rotfl: We all would love to see what sample did you feed the site :silly:
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i typed “i know what you did last summer”
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No doubt it freaked out.:D
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I second that opinion! :P
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:D lolz
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OMG I write like Stephanie Meyer and James Joyce :) :)
But wait a minute, I never write British English like James (according to Wikipedia) and neither am I into vampires or ghosts falling in love.
It’s may be that I am one of them in the making ;) ;) ;)
Thank you for sharing the link :)
Cheers!!
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I doubt about its correctness because every time it gives different names even if you post the same article or paragraphs!
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:rotfl: I definitely agree that there are many glitches in the algorithm of the site. But its a wonderful Idea. If someone can take forward this and develop the correct algorithm it will be simply great. :) :lashes:
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I write like Mark Twain.
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Hi Muddassar! I am a bit late in commenting in this thread. Welcome to GC. Happy to have a person who is so tuned into reader friendly subjects. :)
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Mani Padma,
Thanks for the warm welcome :)
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It’s a pure gimmick only to market their Amazone affiliate products.
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Is it?
How did you find out it is affiliated to amazon?
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I got Stephen King, Margaret Atwood and Daniel Defoe …. for different blogposts. There is a lacuna in the software.
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Yipppeee! I write like Dan Brown..
Such an ego boost!! :cute: :shy: :blush:
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I too write like Dan Brown :rotfl: :silly:
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So RadhaLakshmi,
You can take this certification and approach Danny(Browny) and help him complete his next proejct :P ;)
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Can i write… Yes, I guess, I’ve cleared high school :)
But the question that peeves me is, “Can i write as good and as clear as my mind can think ?”
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I got David Foster Wallace .. I looked him up..and he died in depression !!!!!
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oops!!
I am sure that wont happen to you. This site just relates the writing style nothing else :P
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