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Who do you write like?

Discussion in 'Books and Anime Discussion' started by Shinysavage, Jul 13, 2010.

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  1. afrojack

    afrojack Chief Warlock DLP Supporter

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    Jul 19, 2010 #61
    fiction sample 1: Stephen King
    fiction sample 2: Edgar Allan Poe
    fiction sample 3: Rowling (had wizards in it)
    fiction sample 4 (same story as 3): L. Frank Baum (Wizard of Oz? Cool.)
    poem 1: Stephen King
    poem 2: Dan Brown
    poem 3: James Joyce
    poem 4: William Shakespeare
    essay 1 (Frankenstein/Lord of the Flies): H.P. Lovecraft
    essay 2 (Catch-22): Dan Brown
    essay 3 (Hamlet): James Joyce
    essay 4 (Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead): Dan Brown

    Good thing I still had so many school assignments left. This thing, if nothing else, will do wonders for a writer's confidence, lawl.

    Didn't even think Poe was an option, but getting that result made my day. The variation of so many different authors confuses me though, since my style honestly doesn't change that much. Or so I thought...probably just a bad test.
     
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  2. Jeram

    Jeram Elder of Zion ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Jul 20, 2010 #62
    I put the infamously terrible My Immortal in and it said J K Rowling. Realizing my mistake, I replaced all "Hogwarts" with "school", "Dumbledore" with "Headmaster", and "Draco" with "douche".

    Now it says Cory Doctorow - poor guy.
     
  3. ridgeback77

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    Jul 20, 2010 #63
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    When you just copy and paste text from the book, of course it is going to say that you write like the author.
     
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  4. Viewtiful

    Viewtiful Groundskeeper

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    Jul 21, 2010 #64
    Put in the first few paragraphs of Moby Dick and got Stephen King.
     
  5. RedNehi

    RedNehi DA Member

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    Jul 21, 2010 #65
    Used a couple paragraphs from Foundation and got Margaret Mitchell. I guess that means Asimov is a dirty, dirty plagiarist.
     
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