Comments | thelunarfox: Looking for distractions

thelunarfox

Looking for distractions

Jul 12, 2010 23:43

I'm supposed to be writing, instead I decided to analyze my writing.

Out of five samples this is what I got:

Twice (I got this one first and third)

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mysticseven July 13 2010, 07:49:41 UTC

Oooh you find the most interesting things. This is going to be a GREAT form of procrastination as I've hit a snag in my story and I'm kind of just pottering around.

I'm in complete agreement with you on Number 8. I've heard of Vonnegut. He's like a classical writer or something. Today, he would probably do quite well in Literary.

Okay so I did it twice with different portions of my story just to be sure and I got the same results.

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thelunarfox July 14 2010, 04:23:04 UTC

I actually suggested to Laura the other day when you get stuck to play a DS game, lol. I think some procrastination isn't a bad thing. This is great as an educational break.

I actually only heard of him recently. A friend mentioned him a few weeks back because she had odd thoughts as a kid about Slaughter House Five. I think a trip to the library is in order.

ext_182556 July 13 2010, 12:07:52 UTC

Are you ready for the longest comment ever ( ... )

thelunarfox July 14 2010, 04:37:26 UTC

I'd never even heard of him, surprisingly. Just in passing. A friend in another LJ entry a while back mentioned him and I made a mental post it to read him, but then I lost it. You know how that goes. Those things aren't nearly sticky enough.

But I will definitely do my homework, lol. I need to stop by the library.

Isn't this thing pretty neat?

Okay, the piece with Amelia and Drew, wow, lol. That's interesting. I guess that shows you that you must be getting Drew's voice down pat.

A lot of the results I've seen popping up are partial sci-fi. Gayl from Sessions got Stephen King too which she found odd because of what she writes. So I guess this really does go based off of style and word choice pretty much.

medleymisty July 14 2010, 02:38:51 UTC

I got Dan Brown for 10.01 and Stephen King for 10.02. At that point I stopped, my writerly ego all bruised and broken. ;)

Oh yeah, I love Vonnegut's rules.

thelunarfox July 14 2010, 04:40:58 UTC

Oh no, not Dan Brown. I know you don't like him. Do you feel the same for King?

I had never heard of these rules before, but they make sense. Except for number 8. I don't like suspense like "whoa-- none of this makes any sense what the hell is happening here?" But I do like suspense like "Here are some clues, you can either wait and see or decide to make a judgment call with incomplete facts." I like that second option, because then you get to really know the reader. Are they judgmental or are they more easy going observers? Some manage to put clues together really well too.

medleymisty July 15 2010, 15:10:26 UTC

Whoo, I read this and I'm replying! Progress, I am making it ( ... )

mad_migy_9 July 14 2010, 14:01:21 UTC

I got J. D. Salinger...go figure that one. I'm not sure if writing like Kurt Vonnegut is really a good thing though. Then again I only read one of his books (that I know of anyway) and it was atrociously horrible. But that's just my opinion. When are we getting back together again for an evening or so?

raquelaroden July 16 2010, 22:51:16 UTC

I got Stephen King, using the first chapter of my story...I figured it was a little more representative of my writing than later chapters, since it was written before I ever used pictures to accompany the words... I think I've only read one or two things by Stephen King, but I liked them well enough... hmmm...