Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Write Stuff?


I've been doing the "anonymous internet writer" bit for almost eight years. In that time, I've been accused of (among other things):

  • Overusing adverbs.
  • Leaning too heavily on and/or forcing alliteration.
  • Taking too long to get to the point.

All fair points, I suppose. Hell, when people start calling me out for adverbs, the least I can do is consider their comments.

And, then I stumbled across one of those "Analyze Your Writing" sites. I fed it my last few travel diaries and my "Open Letter" to Jalen, discovering:







I write like
Stephen King

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!







I don't read fiction, so I only know Stephen King's recent work from his often-unreadable column in Entertainment Weekly. For all I know, "Analyze Your Writing" could be some kind of random author generator.

Either way, I think I'll be keeping my adverbs, yo.

7 comments:

  1. Cam, you don't write like Stephen King. If so one blog post would be like 200 pages over what it should be.

    That and Hollywood would NEVER be able make a decent movie based on one of your posts, despite trying numerous times.

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  2. I think your a great writer! Which is why I always come back, plus your fast food reviews are oddly captivating. I actually had my first whopper the other day, all because of your lightly read blog. Deff keep the adverbs!

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  3. I put in a couple of parts from one of my works, and got Dan Brown & King. I think they use about six authors for their search engine.

    Yeah.

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  4. Other Joe: The comparison I sporadically receive that always tickles me is to espn.com "Sports Guy" Bill Simmons. Mostly from folks who, I assume, get too hung up on my intentionally dated references. And, I mostly like Simmons, but...no.

    Cheri: If adverbs can persuade you to ravage your innards with fast food, then we agree: they stay!

    Canuck: Damn.

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  5. You like the fact that people compare you to Bill Simmons?

    /subscribe

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  6. I didn't do a good job of explain the point. Summary: I like mostly like Simmons (warts and all), but don't think I resemble him as a writer.

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  7. Well, eff. I got David Foster Wallace.

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