I'm still working away at the urban terrain for Sector 7G and will take some pictures tomorrow to document the progress I've made these past few days. In addition to detailing a couple of pieces, I could not resist and have started assembling another double-sized building. Also I should be getting my new painting desk tomorrow afternoon so I'm sure I'll want to report on that as well. For now, though, I'd like to indulge in a short bit of literary fun.
Earlier today I saw a post at Enormous Noise which introduced me to the website I Write Like. You can submit a sample of text at the site for analysis and are then told which famous author's style of writing resembles your own. Upon submitting the previous post from my blog, this was the result:
As much of a fan as I am of his writing, I don't know if this is all that complimentary. It does however confirm something for me that I've long suspected, that my writing style is indeed clunky and awkward, often confusing and appealing to only a very small number of people. I started reading Lovecraft when I was about twelve years old and I've wondered over the years how much of his stilted formalism rubbed off on me, or if instead that's just what comes natural to me and thus struck a sympathetic chord when reading his works. It does seem appropriate at least that less than a week ago that I turned my Followers section into an admittedly lame Lovecraft joke.
This certainly does not bode well for any of you when I start posting my own background fluff. You have been warned....
Hahahah! I've submitted a sample and turned out that I write like Cory Doctorow! Who the hell is he? I didn't knew him, so I've search in wikipedia and then sent another text sample. And... SAME result! xD
ReplyDeleteDone it 6 times with 4 CD result. I think now, it's not a surprise I write like a famous blogger, since the english language it's not my first language (not even the second really xD)
I sent 4 different samples and got 4 different results, but it was fun stuff nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteIn fairness, they were pretty different fiblets. One an intro, another a description - et cetra.
Brent
Yeah, I later tried out some other samples and got a variety of results... a few more Lovecrafts but still pretty random. I just thought it was funny that I got HPL on the first try.
ReplyDeletewho the hell is dan brown...
ReplyDeleteoh my god he wrote the divinci code....
ReplyDeletePlus he is the man responsible for the children's album SynthAnimals, featuring classic tracks like "Happy Frogs" and "Suzuki Elephants." What?!? Seriously... thanks, wikipedia! And thanks for checking in, Matty, don't worry abut getting compared to Dan Brown, you're already a hundred times better as a writer.
ReplyDeletethanks i'm flattered
ReplyDeleteCory Doctorow... wow he is much smarter than I am. And a better writer. I don't know dude, this might be full of crap! :)
ReplyDeleteHaha! I submitted a couple of paragraphs from 'Dark Brotherhood' (my 40K short story) and I got Dan Brown too lol!
ReplyDeleteHave you tried Cthulhu tech?
ReplyDeleteNo, unfortunately I haven't gotten a chance yet, though it looks really cool. So far I've only taken a few peeks at the artwork and have been quite impressed with everything I've seen. Always nice to see the Mythos continue to develop, especially when it's as well presented as that. Is it as good as it looks?
ReplyDeleteYes it is, but I had to sell as the rpg group moved away.
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