"I Write Like..." Analysis
I've seen several people doing this "I Write Like..." analysis on their journals.
I like the idea, so I pasted in a chapter of the Aberrant Story to test it out.
The first result was that "I Write Like Stephen King."
This didn't surprise me terribly. I've always appreciated King's straightforward style of prose and have consciously sought to emulate him.
However, I remained curious and decided to paste in a later chapter.
The second result was that "I Write Like Kurt Vonnegut."
This surprised me a little. Vonnegut is certainly a writer I admire, but his style is not really what I would call similar to my own, at least not on any conscious level.
This intrigued me, so I found another chapter and pasted it in.
The third result was that "I Write Like James Joyce."
Now we're getting ridiculous. I glanced over the chapter, and I could see nothing that would trigger such an off-the-wall analysis.
Sighing to myself, I decided to try another chapter.
The fourth result was that "I Write Like Isaac Asimov."
Really? I mean, I like Asimov. Don't get me wrong about that. But given the previous results, I found that hard to believe.
Once more into the breach.
The fifth result was that "I write like Dan Brown."
Come now, machine, no need to be insulting. I've quite had enough of this.
Having tried five different chapters of a single story and gotten five wildly different results, I come to the conclusion that either I am schizophrenic or the analysis engine has significant flaws. If the analysis engine would provide the reasoning behind the results it reaches, such as, "You used this type of sentence structure," and so forth, then I might have greater faith in the results it reaches. As it stands, however, I find it very hard to believe.
Especially when I paste in the story "At the Mountains of Madness," arguably one of H.P. Lovecraft's most iconic stories, and it comes to the conclusion that "I Write Like George Orwell."
WTF, website. WTF?
I like the idea, so I pasted in a chapter of the Aberrant Story to test it out.
The first result was that "I Write Like Stephen King."
This didn't surprise me terribly. I've always appreciated King's straightforward style of prose and have consciously sought to emulate him.
However, I remained curious and decided to paste in a later chapter.
The second result was that "I Write Like Kurt Vonnegut."
This surprised me a little. Vonnegut is certainly a writer I admire, but his style is not really what I would call similar to my own, at least not on any conscious level.
This intrigued me, so I found another chapter and pasted it in.
The third result was that "I Write Like James Joyce."
Now we're getting ridiculous. I glanced over the chapter, and I could see nothing that would trigger such an off-the-wall analysis.
Sighing to myself, I decided to try another chapter.
The fourth result was that "I Write Like Isaac Asimov."
Really? I mean, I like Asimov. Don't get me wrong about that. But given the previous results, I found that hard to believe.
Once more into the breach.
The fifth result was that "I write like Dan Brown."
Come now, machine, no need to be insulting. I've quite had enough of this.
Having tried five different chapters of a single story and gotten five wildly different results, I come to the conclusion that either I am schizophrenic or the analysis engine has significant flaws. If the analysis engine would provide the reasoning behind the results it reaches, such as, "You used this type of sentence structure," and so forth, then I might have greater faith in the results it reaches. As it stands, however, I find it very hard to believe.
Especially when I paste in the story "At the Mountains of Madness," arguably one of H.P. Lovecraft's most iconic stories, and it comes to the conclusion that "I Write Like George Orwell."
WTF, website. WTF?