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Who do you write like?

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by sonder, Jun 29, 2020.

  1. Zel

    Zel High Inquisitor

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    Well, depending on the excerpts I chose, I got Stephen King, Agatha Christie and Anne Rice.

    My writing can be quite schizophrenic, from the looks of it.
     
  2. Otters

    Otters Groundskeeper ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Chapter One of Salt-Breaker got me Agatha Christie.

    Boo.
     
  3. Microwave

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    Tried a couple times and got Agatha Christie each time.
     
  4. wordhammer

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    It might make sense to try and interpret what makes something more like one author or another. Agatha Christie was known for being plot-driven, painting characters in broad strokes and using wordplay to sum up a scene.

    This part is ripped from a Quora discussion of her style:

     
  5. Agayek

    Agayek Dimensional Trunk DLP Supporter

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    I write like Agatha Christie, apparently.
     
  6. Niez

    Niez Competition Winner CHAMPION ⭐⭐

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    If you upload the opening paragraph of Philosopher's Stone you get Charles Dickens.

    I'm starting to think this website might not be legit.
     
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    Arthellion Lord of the Banned ~ Prestige ~ DLP Supporter

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    Uploaded Tom Riddle chapter. Got JK Rowling.

    Uploaded my papers. James Joyce every time.
     
  8. Selethe

    Selethe normalphobe

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    One 500-word bit gave me Ernest Hemingway, another gave me Chuck Palahniuk. A third said David Foster Wallace.
     
  9. Peteks

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    Threw in couple pages of one of my original drafts and got J.R.R. Tolkien:
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    Not really what I would expect, but I'll take this over getting something like Dan Brown :D
     
  10. Blorcyn

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    Good stuff, thanks for the blurb. I've not heard of this J R Tolkien, though I've heard of Lewis, which is reassuring. Would you recommend him, if you've read this 'The Hobbit' trilogy, or whatever?
     
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  11. TRH

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    I played around with this using a chapter of an alternate history story I work on from time to time. The first few paragraphs gave me H.P. Lovecraft. A selection of middle paragraphs gave me Mario Puzo, and a few paragraphs later than that were giving me Daniel Defoe. The entire chapter together gave me Agatha Christie.

    Yeah, I think this thing needs some work.
     
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