Who do you write like?

From the ever rewarding Word magazine’s “Something for the Weekend” newsletter came the link to the site www.iwl.me which apparently tells you who you write like.

First,  tried it with some random blog postings and it said that I wrote like David Foster Wallace of whom I had never heard, it seems that he had a very short and ultimately tragic life, he committed suicide at the age of 46.

Next – I used one of the first pieces that I wrote which was first published in 2007. Now apparently I am in the style of Cory Doctorow who isn’t a new name to me.

Finally, an editorial/opinion piece from 2009. This time I’m in the style of George Orwell – all those days reading “1984”, “Down & Out in Paris & London”, “Keep the Aspidistra Flying” et al, on the bus between Boston Spa and Harrogate must have had some influence. Coincidentally Orwell also died at 46.

Not very scientific but a bit of fun, give it a go.