I Write Like


Writing / Sunday, December 4th, 2011

I came across a plugin for Chrome today, which just a redirect to iwl.me. The website is called I Write Like and the purpose is to analyze your writing and tell you which famous author it resembles.

It’s a neat tool, but it got me thinking. Why do I care who I write like? I’ve heard arguments about why people try to resemble great writers. They’ll memorize passages of their work so their mind is ingrained with the rhythm and flow of words they used. That makes sense, but it’s still dumb.

I want to write something and I want it to sound like me. Before I die, I want to be able to put any piece of my writing into the website and have it say that I write like Danny Zawacki.

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