Brownian Motion Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Have your writing analyzed. I tried seven different samples and got one Mario Puzo, one Harry Harrison, and five David Foster Wallaces. I've never read anything by Wallace, but now I'm intrigued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 My first two tries: David Foster Wallace and... H.P. Lovecraft? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny weir Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 five David Foster Wallaces. I've never read anything by Wallace, but now I'm intrigued. I wouldn't necessarily see it as a complimet. Three samples submitted: I got Kurt Vonnegut once, David Foster Wallace three times. Ha bloody ha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny weir Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) OK, this is silly ... maybe Wallace is, like, a default position for jazz forum blatherings. So I'm gonna drop some HP Lovecraft on them. Result: Mary Shelley So I'm gonna drop some James Joyce on them. Result: James Joyce. So I'm gonna drop some Karl Rove on them. Result: Stephen King (No, I didn't make that last one up ...) Edited July 17, 2010 by kenny weir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I submitted an April Fool's review and got H. P. Lovecraft. I'm not reading a lot into this analysis.I submitted a second one and got Stephen KIng. Whee.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny weir Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Yeah, my CV got ... HP Lovecraft, who himself got Mary Shelley. Kenny's job prognosis - very dark and grim. Nightmarish, even ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontooneous Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 For a snippet from me, David Foster Wallace. So I tried this snippet of Donald Rumsfeld: As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we don't know We don't know. The result: Stepehenie Meyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brownian Motion Posted July 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 For a snippet from me, David Foster Wallace. So I tried this snippet of Donald Rumsfeld: As we know, There are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know There are known unknowns. That is to say We know there are some things We do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, The ones we don't know We don't know. The result: Stepehenie Meyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelz777 Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) I'd be curious as to what is actually analyzed. I submitted 5 different samples (none of them fiction) of my writing and got: -(2) David Foster Wallace -H.P. Lovecraft -Isaac Asimov -Dan Brown Edited July 17, 2010 by mikelz777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I got David Foster Wallace too. I've never heard of him before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 This one setnece of spontaneous blather: Mine eyes have heard the gory of the dumbing of the chord - his ruthlessness is smashing on and on and on. Means I write like Margaret Mitchell!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 James Fenimore Cooper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I grabbed one of my old reviews from Juxtaposition Ezine (no longer on line) and I write like...I write like: William Shakespeare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I got Geoffrey Chaucer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 James Joyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 also James Joyce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Now I got 'The chap who wrote the Bible'. Not sure if that meant the one who dreamed it all up or King James I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 All I get is David Foster Wallace, which apparently means I write just like everyone else on the planet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 All I get is David Foster Wallace, which apparently means I write just like everyone else on the planet... Me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) I entered - "Verily I sayeth unto thee, thou shalt take thyself to Diane Keaton's Academy, there to dwelleth in perpetuity " which comes out as David Foster Wallace. Eenie, meenie miney moe equals Margaret Atwood. Houston we have a problem. Edited July 17, 2010 by kinuta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Oliver Nelson. Yeah, I wish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bright Moments Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 (edited) i put in "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times" and got Arthur C. Clarke. I also put in Ogden Nash's: I never saw a purple cow I never hope to see one But I could tell you anyhow I'd rather see than be one and got Lewis Carroll! and Nash's: Candy is dandy But Liquor is quicker gets J.D. Salinger! Edited July 17, 2010 by Bright Moments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 mine came up as: Larry Kart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 I pasted a news item text in Swedish and pressed Analyze. Result: David Foster Wallace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted July 17, 2010 Report Share Posted July 17, 2010 Another David Foster Wallace clone here. Not sure what this means. It seems a bit odd that so many Organissimo poster's styles would match up with just one writer. Makes you wonder how big the data base is they're using to perform the analysis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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