Like whom do you write?

**CDNSushi** · 27th July 10, 10:51 PM

For all you aspiring writers among the rabble, here's a clever little analyzer to determine just whom your own, personal writing style resembles. I can't speak for its accuracy, but I took a wide array of my own writing samples, from Blog entries, to restaurant reviews, to more technical oeuvres. Although I got a number of different writers spit back at me, the predominant one was David Foster Wallace. Except for this post. The analyzer tells me it's decidedly Lovecraftian. Anyway, have fun!

http://iwl.me/

**xman** · 27th July 10, 11:18 PM

I got DFW as well, but James Joyce predominantly. I don't think it's that accurate. I think it just picks a popular author based on word usage rather than style.

**Larry124** · 27th July 10, 11:22 PM

I do not, but if I had my choice, I'd write like Christopher Hitchens.

**finlay marquisl** · 28th July 10, 01:40 AM

I write like Stephen King. I wish!

**Schiehallion** · 28th July 10, 01:55 AM

As a fine artist rather than a literary one, my work has been likened to Egon Schiele.

**Rob** · 28th July 10, 02:46 AM

Originally Posted by finlay marquisl

I write like Stephen King. I wish!

My writing was analysed as being like Stephen King also. What do we have in common?

**Cygnus** · 28th July 10, 06:08 AM

Bram Stoker and H.P. Lovecraft.

Interesting.

**Zardoz** · 28th July 10, 06:20 AM

I tried two different submissions and I got Cory Doctorow. Based on the one work of his I've read, I guess I write like a blogger with illusions of being a novelist!

**Inchessi** · 28th July 10, 06:38 AM

My writing is a montage. It is a cross between Alan Liere, Gene Hill, and Peter Chapstick. Rarely, it has been compared to Muir and Leopold. If I get caught up, and the mutt doesn't bother me, I can get descriptive. My biggest problem is that while English is my native tongue, I lack proper grammar and spelling abilities.