Summer is here, I’m working on my new WIP and as
I was going through my bookmarked creative websites, I came across this one
called “I Write Like”. If you copy and paste a
writing sample of your work, it analyzes the style and compares it to a famous
writer. Of course it’s just for fun. The one thing I noticed is I needed to use
more than one paragraph to get a good comparison, so I put in an entire page of
my books. What’s interesting is that I write like a few authors, and on top of
that, there’s a connection between the two of them.
I
plugged in the first chapter of my dark, psychological suspense Net Switch, and it seems my writing is
comparable to
When
I plugged in the first page of my new novel, Life,
Liberty and the Pursuit of Sarcasm (working title), it states that I write
like
For
those who don’t know, Bram Stoker is known for his 1897 novel Dracula, and Chuck Palahniuk is known
for his 1996 novel Fight Club. I don’t
know much about either one of these authors. Horror isn’t my genre, so I never
read Dracula. I’ve also never read a story by Chuck Palahniuk. I find it
intriguing that my writing style (yes it’s just for fun) is comparable to two
authors I haven't read and a genre I don’t write in.
I
went online to see if there are any similarities between Stoker and Palahniuk. It
seems there is a Bram
Stoker Award given for excellent achievement in horror writing. Chuck
Palahniuk was nominated twice for this award—the first for Lullaby in 2002 and then Haunted
in 2005.
Even
though I did this only for entertainment value, I learned a little about the
writers I Write Like.
Who
do you write like?
Style
and Fame,
Bea
I mst try that site... It sounds like fun! Always good to spend some time doing fun stuff!
ReplyDeletePat, If you do try, I'd love to hear who you write like. We need to fit in fun time between all the serious stuff. :D
ReplyDeleteHola Denise, That looks like a fun test, and I shall try it. On another matter, I'm still reading and almost completed your book "Net Switch" and will post my review on Amazon. I'll also look you up on Good Reads.
ReplyDeleteDenise, you were an inspirationg and wonderful helper to get me going.
Gracias,
Hola Denise,thanks for this fun tip.
ReplyDeleteHi John, Thanks so much. I really appreciate that you bought, read and are going to write a review. It means so much to me.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I could help you out, John. Thank you for stopping by and commenting.