i write like

So there's this website. Perhaps some of you are familiar?

It analyzes your writing and kicks back a result, showing you which great/famous/currently popular author you write like.

Now of course you don't always get the same author. Many of my blog posts, for example, kick back different results. (I'm sure if I put them all in the system I'd get some sort of average, but that would be way too science-y of me and boring).

The name of the game isn't to find your second self. The name of the game is to have fun. And recognize when you're being way too verbose (like Stephen King) or using too many run-on sentences (like hemingway) or including a zillion metaphors (like Steinbeck). Or doing all three.

So let's take a look at some of my posts, shall we?

On January 5, I wrote a post entitled experimenting with size 8. On that day:

I write like
Cory Doctorow

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Just last week I was channeling James Joyce. See?

I write like
James Joyce

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Just for kicks, I analyzed both my first blog post ever AND my personal favorite, and was given this:

I write like
Stephen King

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Now, I'm not a huge Stephen King fan, but whatev. He's like already a classic author, right? So I can't complain.

Especially when I compare it to the result I got for my most recent post:.

I write like
Stephenie Meyer

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Ok all of you Stephenie Meyer fans, please don't take this the wrong way, but ...

I THOUGHT THEY ALWAYS SAID THE MORE YOU WRITE, THE BETTER YOU'LL GET?!



(p.s. I'm hoping with that line being in ALL CAPS, I'll get JK Rowling as my result for this post.)