As we do some thinking about how what we read inspires or influences what we write, I thought it might be fun for you to check out a website I've seen that analyzes a bit of your own writing and tells you what published author your writing is similar to.
I tried it with one of my blog posts and evidently I write like Dan Brown. I know who that is, but I haven't read any of his books. Interesting. I also found this interesting tidbit which confirmed my suspicions that there wasn't much heft to this particular tool, but hey...
Go to I Write Like and try it yourself.
Go to the ProProfs What Famous Writer Are You? quiz and try that one.
Leave a comment on this post telling us your results (and what you think of them) when you do. You might have to look up the author for more information if you don't recognize the name. The ProProfs quiz said I write like our very own Missouri native Mark Twain. Hmmm...
i write like Margaret Atwood. I have never heard of this Canadian author before.
ReplyDeleteI write like Stephen King. This makes me happy because I love all of his books.
ReplyDeletei write like Margaret Atwood. I have never heard of this Canadian author before.
ReplyDeleteThe first link told me that I write like Dan Brown, author of "The Da Vinci Code". The second link said that I write like Earnest Hemingway. It's really weird to have my own writing compared to two famous authors, but I haven't read anything written by either, so I'm not very sure if my results are accurate or not.
ReplyDeletei write like Ernest Hemingway,and Margaret Atwood
ReplyDeletei write like Ernest Hemingway
ReplyDeleteApparently I write like Kurt Vonnegut but am Mark Twain. I'm gonna critique society SO HARD. I do like the idea that I am like Mark Twain. As a Missourian, if I ever hear anyone coming after his legacy, I am legally obligated to find them and kill them.
ReplyDeleteI was unable to take the ProProfs quiz because I felt like nothing really explained me, but for the I Write Like I used a few of my works and I write like J.K. Rowling, Stephen King and David Wallace.
ReplyDeleteI write like Kurt Vonnegut, never heard of the guy but now I'm currently interested.
ReplyDeleteArthur Clarke and Ernest Hemingway are supposedly who I write about.
ReplyDeleteApparently I write like Stephen King. According to the second link I write like Ernest Hemingway, but it wasn't the best quiz because I didn't have a very good answer for some of the questions.
ReplyDeleteSo I write like Margaret Atwood. So in other words I write like a Canadian poet... And Ernest Hemingway.. The paragraph thing said "Perhaps one of your peculiar hobbies is listening to people talk to each other." And I really do enjoy listening to other people's conversations in a not judgy and not creepy kind of way haah
ReplyDeleteMy I write like results were that I write like Charles Dickens. My results from the quiz say I write like Mark Twain. Personally, I never imagined myself being like either of those writers, but hey, if the internet tell me that I write like them, it has to be true right?!?!(-;
ReplyDeleteMy result was that I write like Ernest Hemingway, which I never heard of him before.
ReplyDeleteI recieved Kurt Vonnegut and Ernest Hemingway. I'm not super familiar with either of these writers, but I'm looking forward to reading some of their work.
ReplyDeleteI received Stephanie Meyers, and Mark Twain. I don't think I write like Meyers, but I definitely do agree with the Twain Analysis.
ReplyDeleteI write like Cory Doctorow who I have never heard of oh well. The quiz said I'm like Mark Twain. That's pretty cool because he's a great writer!
ReplyDeleteI write like Vladimir Nabokov, who is a Russian author that wrote Lolita.
ReplyDeleteI write like Vladimir Nabokov, who is a Russian author that wrote Lolita.
ReplyDeleteApparently I write like Ernest Hemingway. I'm a little confused by this considering I'm not overly familiar with his work, but the way the site explained why we're similar makes sense to me.
ReplyDeleteI write like Lois Lowery, which is incredibly flattering because she is one of my favorite authors.
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