I play around with that every once in a while. I put in all of what I have so far of my second draft of my novel and it says I write like L. Frank Baum, the writer of The Wizard of Oz series. When I do each chapter on its own, I get all sorts of different results but Anne Rice is one that pops up with regularity, with this draft and the first draft.
I pasted in a blog entry and it said HP Lovecraft. Then I pasted in the opening paragraphs of my novel and it told me Edgar Allan Poe. My novel's a historical, so I guess that's good?
My first chapter comes back as Gertrude Stein. Further in it comes back as J.D. Salinger. Further into the novel it gave me Jonathan Swift. Just to see if it was just random, I recopied the first chapter. It again came back as Gertrude Stein. Does this mean I have too many styles in my story?
I didn't try my other chapters. Now I'm curious. I'll have to do that when I go into work today. That's an interesting question.
The only way I can fathom the analysis would work is on measuring the occurrence and frequency of particular words. I hope my OCD doesn't kick in and I start doing multiple scans on my documents to compare across the board. That would be painful...but, I sense this notion coming on now.
I've done this before and got Lovecraft out of it. This time I put a few paragraphs from my chapter twenty nine, and the analysis says I'm writing like Arthur Conan Doyle.
I play around with that every once in a while. I put in all of what I have so far of my second draft of my novel and it says I write like L. Frank Baum, the writer of The Wizard of Oz series. When I do each chapter on its own, I get all sorts of different results but Anne Rice is one that pops up with regularity, with this draft and the first draft.
ReplyDeleteI love Anne Rice! You'll have to let me know when you finish. :)
DeleteMust be about vampires?
Mmm, yeah. Sort of. lol
DeleteI did it once and it said Stephen King but it was probably broken.
ReplyDeleteI think it analyzes word choices. Of course, I use a lot of gory words and science ones, so maybe you use a lot of gross words. :D
DeleteThat was fun! I write like Isaac Asimov. Wouldn't have thought.
ReplyDeleteWell, he didn't write romances, so you're good there. Dark fantasy and hard core science fiction might go well together.
DeleteI nominated you no my blog for an award. Well deserved by the way.
ReplyDeleteAwesome! On my way. :D
DeleteI pasted in a blog entry and it said HP Lovecraft. Then I pasted in the opening paragraphs of my novel and it told me Edgar Allan Poe. My novel's a historical, so I guess that's good?
ReplyDeleteI hadn't thought about my fiction writing. Great idea!
DeleteI submitted my first chapter and it also came back Lovecraft. LOL
Hmmmm, maybe my real life stuff is no different than my fiction. Wow! :D
BTW, Poe is my favorite aside from Stephen King and Dean Koontz.
DeleteI've toyed around with this, too! A couple of times it gave me Stephen King and once I was like Philip Roth. I'll take both!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, Stephen King would be a huge compliment. I'm reading Full Dark, No Stars right now. That man is disturbing, but I can't put him down!
DeleteMy first chapter comes back as Gertrude Stein. Further in it comes back as J.D. Salinger. Further into the novel it gave me Jonathan Swift. Just to see if it was just random, I recopied the first chapter. It again came back as Gertrude Stein. Does this mean I have too many styles in my story?
ReplyDeleteI didn't try my other chapters. Now I'm curious. I'll have to do that when I go into work today. That's an interesting question.
DeleteThe only way I can fathom the analysis would work is on measuring the occurrence and frequency of particular words. I hope my OCD doesn't kick in and I start doing multiple scans on my documents to compare across the board. That would be painful...but, I sense this notion coming on now.
I've done this before and got Lovecraft out of it. This time I put a few paragraphs from my chapter twenty nine, and the analysis says I'm writing like Arthur Conan Doyle.
ReplyDeleteI think I would take that as a compliment. :)
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