Great Job, Internet!: Find out which famous author you sort of (but don't really) write like
For those who have long harbored literary pretensions but somehow missed out on the halfhearted encouragement of a self-absorbed creative writing professor or undermining writers’ workshop, I Write Like is the ego-inflating yet slightly dismissive mentor you’ve never had. Simply plug in a block of text (the longer the better) and, through the magic of some sort of undefined analytical algorithm, you’ll soon find out which famous author’s prose style most resembles your own ramblings. Here’s a rundown of which authors various members of The A.V. Club staff supposedly write like, according to the stories we plugged in. As you can see, it’s kinda complete horseshit—and it only seems to have about a dozen or so authors in its arsenal—but it’s sort-of fun nonetheless. [HT to Vulture]
Keith Phipps: Chuck Palahniuk
Josh Modell: Stephen King
Tasha Robinson: Dan Brown
Scott Tobias: H.P. Lovecraft
Noel Murray: James Joyce
Nathan Rabin: Raymond Chandler
Genevieve Koski: Mario Puzo
Kyle Ryan: Ian Fleming
Sean O’Neal: Kurt Vonnegut