Wednesday, October 22, 2014

I write like Cory Doctorow



I write like
Cory Doctorow

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



Interesting. I know who Cory is, and have even heard him speak, but havent ever read something hes written.

So just for fun I analyzed another passage and got:


I write like
George Orwell

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




I assume this site refers mostly to top authors... I mean whod like to be told "I write like Edward George Bulwer-Lytton"?

To test that hypothesis, I plugged in some of the worst writing I could think of (not mentioning any names) and out popped... David Foster Wallace. I put a Wikipedia link on that since I didnt recognize the name at first. Wikipedia refreshed my memory. Ive never read anything by Mr. Wallace either, but given the person who was said to write like him, I dont think Ill be in any rush to check him out...

Update:

Another name I should check out just occurred to me – that of a person who happens to be a well-known and much celebrated contemporary science writer, but whose prose I dont much care for either and got... David Foster Wallace. Hmm. I see a pattern here and am even more convinced to give Mr. Wallaces works a pass...


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