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Monday, July 19, 2010
The "I Write Like" Man
Here's a link to an interview with the fascinating young Russian who invented the "I Write Like" meme that's captivated us all this week. No, don't start querying different agents because it says you write like Stephen King. So does Margaret Atwood, apparently. A lot can be forgiven when you read that English isn't even his first language.
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3 comments:
Thanks for tracking this down. I've been curious, but not curious enough to hit the research. Hope you don't mind if we include this in our Friday round-up of best articles for writers!
Martina
Glad to spread the word. The guy's kind of amazing. Russian guy living in Montenegro, educating himself with English-language classics. Do include the link. Nothing better for a blogger than to be rounded-up :-)!
http://iwl.me/b/147eabd8
I write like
H. P. Lovecraft
BooYaaah
Sure it was only a paragraph fragment.
Sure it was a technical paper (Technically speaking.
My original intention was to try two legitimate sections of writing and see if the authors came out the same, but given what i've gotten, I'll take what's left of the wisdom I was borned with and "Quit, While I'm ahead"
OOOh what if the bard is innit?
Darn! The above, somewhat predictably, generated
"I write like
Kurt Vonnegut"
http://iwl.me/s/8ccf5154
http://iwl.me/
This is the actual LINK
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