Results of Ruminations

On NPR, I heard about this website called I Write Like that will analyze your writing and tell you what style you most closely resemble. I tried it out and had to laugh aloud. Current Project: I write like James Joyce, horribly ironic since I've never read a word of his before. Words of the Silenced : I write like Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather. Maybe the word 'Pops' really triggered that one? I don't know. My last book: I write like Neil Gaiman I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software . Analyze your writing! Flattering, to say the least. To be compared to one of the most renowned authors? Yeah, that's flattering, even if it is the 21st century's equivalent to the magazine quiz of yesterdecade. For my video game essays, I was compared to David Foster Wallace, an essayist whose books I've seen but never read (the fact that it hit an essayist is impressive, though). For my poetry, I apparently write like James Fenimore Cooper, who wrote...

I see this kind of thinking from my students quite a bit. If it weren't true, it wouldn't be funny. The funny thing is, this is true—which is actually kind of sad. Thanks to The Onion for this. I wouldn't recommend viewing too many of their shirts, as not all are that worthwhile. Though I like this one... and this one... Funny.