At the suggestion of a fellow writer’s group member, I went to a website called I Write Like, which analyzes samples of writing and compares them to that of several famous authors. I tried it myself by feeding it the first chapter of the NaNo book I wrote last year (The Best Gifts In Life), and this is the result:
I’m not entirely sure if that’s an accurate description of my writing, so I tried it again using one of my earlier blog posts (Playing Chess In A House Of Cards)Â and got this result:
This is starting to get confusing. So, I decided to try a different blog post (Does Summer Have To Wait Until Memorial Day? ) and got this result:
Now I’m really confused. Three different writing samples, and three completely different results. I decided to try one last blog post (I Could Be Their Next Winner!) and ended up with:
Four samples, and four different results. But, after thinking a bit about it, I think I’ve come up with an explanation: Instead of following a specific author’s style, I draw upon the styles of many different authors, blending them together into one style that is uniquely my own.
At least it makes sense to me…!
![[Facebook]](https://blogs.sharedwords.net/mike/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/facebook.png)
![[MySpace]](https://blogs.sharedwords.net/mike/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/myspace.png)
![[Twitter]](https://blogs.sharedwords.net/mike/wp-content/plugins/bookmarkify/twitter.png)
