Ever wanted a computer to use some sort of secret algorithm to look at your vocabulary and sentence structure and then some how deduce that you write like a certain famous author from various points in history? Well now you can thanks to I Write Like! When I first head this I was very curious so I popped in a few articles.
First my rant about Over Analyzing Public Opinion said that my writing style was like…Cory Doctrow. Interestingly, if I only include the first paragraph from that article, I write like Isaac Asimov.
If I use a Game Preview when the Mets played Lincecum and the Giants, I write like….Stephen King. Also when I used the article for the first half of the season review, that generated the Stephen King response.
So basically from the above, I'm very skeptical of how this program is analyzing writing and spitting out famous authors. However, even when its a computer program, it is pretty flattering when someone says your writing reminds them of Stephen King (not that I actually think my writing is anywhere on his level).
