There’s nothing like an Internet meme to distract the writer from writing! This time it’s “I write like,” which analyzes an excerpt of your writing and tells you whom you write like. I tried a few excerpts.
An “interlude” chapter (these are chapters that take place between the main action of the novel — they’re set before the time of the novel and are written in present tense) of my young adult novel produced:
Which is kind of funny because the novel involves the sexual relationship between a fifteen-year-old girl and a twenty-seven-year-old man.
I put in the most recent story I’ve written, “Beggars Would Ride,” and got this:
Which is just weird. Is it because that story has long sentences? But it also deals with themes of isolation, madness, and individual fantasy, so I guess it’s fitting, even if it takes place in an Oregon farm house and not in a New England town beset by Elder Gods.
Then I put in the first chapter of my young adult novel, and I got this:
I’m pretty happy with that!
