... Isaac Asimov. How do I know this? Because I've just been dabbling on the new 'I Write Like' website that has been taking the internet by storm.
If you visit I Write Like you can find out which famous writer your writing most closely resembles. All you need to do is copy and paste a few paragraphs of your writing, hit the 'analyse' button, and hey presto! The site does some complicated statistical comparison against a database of famous writers (the site developers know about this sort of stuff) and comes up with a name.
Not entirely happy with Asimov, I tried again with some different prose and ended up with William Gibson.
So successful has 'I Write Like' been that the site has even got its own spoof. It's called I Actually Write Like and offers to tell you "who or what writer, animal or household object you most write like".
Ok, so here the answer is somewhat less flattering. It came up with "I actually write like... a drunk working through issues"!
Well, it is Monday.
Go on, have a go. I'd really like to know who you (actually) write like. Let me know in the comments below.
Best wishes,
Claire Fogg (Publisher)
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I tried a couple of different paras from two different chapters of something I'm currently working on to see it if was consistent!
Apparently .... I write like Stephenie Meyer (I wish)!
I actually write like 'someone about to go on a killing spree'!!!!
I pasted different parts of my childrens novel and apparently I write like -
Dan Brown
Bram Stoker
Margaret Atwood
&
Mark twain!!
Jessica, glad you like the feedback! Must say, I'm no fan of that particular image either.