Cory Doctorow
I have barely heard of Cory Doctorow, but according to the I Write Like website that is who my writing resembles. From their webpage, “Any English text will do: blog post, journal entry, comment, chapter of your book, etc. For reliable results paste at least a few paragraphs.”
It was a very simple matter of cut and paste. DC Gilbert was the blogger that introduced me to this website in his post Anne Rice…I write like Anne Rice.
From the website, “Cory Efram Doctorow (born July 17, 1971) is a Canadian-British blogger, journalist, and science fiction author who serves as co-editor of the weblog Boing Boing. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organization, using some of their licences for his books. Some common themes of his work include digital rights management, file sharing, and “post-scarcity” economics.”
I spent a few minutes looking at a few of his blog, Boing Boing and Cory Doctor’s Craphound. Both are frenetic platforms for a variety of issues that Doctorow supports and vehicles for selling his books (Craphound) and deals on tech, productivity, online courses and more (Boing Boing Store). I appreciated the tongue in cheek humor approach in both venues.
All pictures of Cory Doctorow are from Creative Commons.
I submitted a second blog post and got a different result. Go figure. I doubt I am that verstile.
About Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat’s Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blend satire, gallows humor, and science fiction. As a citizen he was a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union and a critical leftist intellectual. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.
Kurt Vonnegut
Very interesting. Enjoyed this post.
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Thanks for taking the time to comment. Glad you liked it.
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What a cool idea! (Funny that you got two different results, though.) I’m gonna go try it!
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Apparently, I write like Stephen King. I ain’t complaining.:-)
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You could write like someone much less talented.
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At least you are consistent. 🙂
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Did you try it a second time?
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I tried it a second time with a totally different piece and got Stephen King again. I guess I’m predictable!
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Kind of fun, isn’t it!
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It is. Thanks for recommending it. Did you try another time with a different sample?
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Thanks for this post! I entered a few paragraphs from my story, The Sasquatch Who Spoke His Mind, and I got Margaret Atwood.
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She is a good person to write like. Glad you liked it.
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Guess What, I entered my Roger Tuckerman letter, “I want to Move to Mexico” and I got Cory Doctorow!
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I guess at least some of our writing has some similar characteristics then.
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Interesting….I pasted in a bit of a blog post and got H.G. Wells, then I tried a bit of a short story and got Vladimir Nabokov!!! I think I read the Time Machine and Lolita years ago, but I don’t really remember what either of their writing was like!
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Interesting. I’ve heard of both authors and have read neither. I have read some of your stuff and I like it.
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Yikes! The site said that I write like Vladimir Nabokov. Hey Andrea, are we related? 😊
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Makes for a nice community.
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You do find the most interesting sites–all those word quizzes, and now this! I pasted in a few paragraphs from my blog post reminiscing about a special place from my childhood. Apparently that was written like Arthur Conan Doyle. Cool! Then I popped in the beginning of my novel, She Who Comes Forth. Cory Doctorow again! Not sure what this means, but it was fun!
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I found this on DC Gilbert’s website. https://darrencgilbert.com/write-like-anne-rice/ It looked like fun so I tried it. I was surprised that a different example gave me a different result. At least we are being compared to renowned authors. Maybe someday people will be compared to us. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for stopping by. Glad you liked it. Did you take the test?
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Yeah it said I write like the guy from the odyssey I think
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The guy who wrote Ulysses* not the odyssey… James Joyce!!!
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James Joyce–that’s not shabby at all.
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Lovely read.❤️
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Thanks. Did you try to see who you wrote like?
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Well I’m jealous. Doctorow wrote one of my all time favourite books and Vonnegut is one of my all time favourite authors. I’m off to try it myself!
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Hope you get an author you like.
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I did – I tried three bits of writing and got Vonnegut and HG Wells, who I both like a lot, and Nabokov, who I’ve never read before!
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Glad you got some authors you liked.
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