I write like......

[Geoff]

I've concluded that the program is crap.

I pasted a paragraph of Ernest Hemingway into it and got Leo Tolstoy. I then pasted a Leo Tolstoy exerpt into it and it told me Chuck Palahniuk. I then put Doctor Seuss "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" in and got Charles Dickens.

I mean.... C'mon! How the heck can you confuse "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" with Charles Dickens.

 

[ctenidae]

I mean.... C'mon! How the heck can you confuse "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" with Charles Dickens.

I know- Dr. Suess is so much more approachable, and yet really gets to the heart of the human condition.

 

[Trekchick]

I know- Dr. Suess is so much more approachable, and yet really gets to the heart of the human condition.

True Dat!

 

[WakeboardMom]

I've concluded that the program is crap.

I pasted a paragraph of Ernest Hemingway into it and got Leo Tolstoy. I then pasted a Leo Tolstoy exerpt into it and it told me Chuck Palahniuk. I then put Doctor Seuss "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" in and got Charles Dickens.

I mean.... C'mon! How the heck can you confuse "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" with Charles Dickens.

While in the car last night, I thought of doing that, then got too busy. Awesome experiment.

From USA Today:

"Obviously, I Write Like isn't an exact science. But simply the idea of an algorithm that can reveal traces of influence in writing has proven wildly popular.

Though the site might seem the idle dalliance of an English professor on summer break, it was created by Dmitry Chestnykh, a 27-year-old Russian software programmer currently living in Montenegro. Though he speaks English reasonably well, it's his second language.

"I wanted it to be an educational thing and also to help people write better," he said.

Chestnykh modeled the site on software for e-mail spam filters. This means that the site's text analysis is largely keyword based. Even if you write in short, declarative, Hemingwayesque sentences, its your word choice that may determine your comparison.

Most writers will tell you, though, that the most telling signs of influence come from punctuation, rhythm and structure. I Write Like does account for some elements of style by things such as number of words per sentence.

Chestnykh has uploaded works by about 50 authors — three books for each, he said. That, too, explains some of its shortcomings. Melville, for example, isn't in the system.

But Chestnykh never expected the sudden success of the site and he plans to improve its accuracy by including more books and adding a probability percentage for each result. He hopes it can eventually be profitable."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2010-07-17-i-write-like_N.htm

 

[marcski]

2nd try...different document that I wrote for work....now I came up as James Joyce....not sure how scientific this thing is...

 

[Warp Daddy]

I've concluded that the program is crap.

I pasted a paragraph of Ernest Hemingway into it and got Leo Tolstoy. I then pasted a Leo Tolstoy exerpt into it and it told me Chuck Palahniuk. I then put Doctor Seuss "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" in and got Charles Dickens.

I mean.... C'mon! How the heck can you confuse "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" with Charles Dickens.

Geoff this whole program reminds me of the tale of the young scholar who sought the true meaning of life . It seems he made the arduous journey to Himalayas , traveled by Yak to the base camp staging area and then labored at great personal and physical expense to endure the rigorous climb so that he might consult the great Yogi Mystic at the pinnacle regarding his quest for knowledge.

Exhausted , battered and bloodied he reached the summit at there at the Great One's feet he asked tell me Wise One what is the meaning of Life ??

The Mystical Wizard in a aweakened voice uttered : " It Doan Mean Sheeeeit"

The same may be said for this so-called writing style identifier

 

[Ski Diva]

I wonder who they say Jon Clinch writes like?

Actually, a lot of people say Faulkner mixed with Cormac McCarthy. I have no idea what I Write Like would say.

Me? Stephen King? Hmmmm.