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kelly_chamblissSince the elaborate HP meme doesn't seem to have offered me sufficient procrastination time, I started playing around with this odd and fascinating little tool that is supposed to tell you what famous writer's style your own style resembles. You can submit any sort of writing in English -- fiction, non-fiction, blog, what-have-you. I have no idea what elements this program analyzes, but if it's not totally random (and it may be very close), it seems to be looking for key words.
The results of my experiments:
Experiment 1. First, I put in a passage from my McGonagall gen story, "Majesty." The computer said: "You write like J. K. Rowling."
Hmm. Either I have nailed JKR's style, or the analysis program was picking up on words like "Hogwarts."
Experiment 2. I tried putting in the same section of "Majesty" with any HP-indentifiers removed. This time, the computer said, "You write like Jane Austen." (Yay!)
Experiment 3. I put in a section from a Minerva/Poppy story in which the word "Hogwarts" appeared. Computer said, "You write like J. K. Rowling."
Experiment 4. I repeated the Minerva/Poppy excerpt, this time changing the characters' names to "Mary" and "Jane" and leaving out the word "Hogwarts." The computer said, "You write like James Joyce."
Experiment 5. I used the Minerva/Poppy excerpt again, leaving the characters' names intact, but removing "Hogwarts." The computer again said that I write like J. K. Rowling. So clearly, the word "Hogwarts" alone isn't enough to generate the "Rowling" response. But without any HP markers at all, the same story did not get the "Rowling" response.
Experiment 6. I put in two paragraphs from one of my more jargon-y academic articles. Computer said: "You write like Vladimir Nabokov."
The results of my experiments:
Experiment 1. First, I put in a passage from my McGonagall gen story, "Majesty." The computer said: "You write like J. K. Rowling."
Hmm. Either I have nailed JKR's style, or the analysis program was picking up on words like "Hogwarts."
Experiment 2. I tried putting in the same section of "Majesty" with any HP-indentifiers removed. This time, the computer said, "You write like Jane Austen." (Yay!)
Experiment 3. I put in a section from a Minerva/Poppy story in which the word "Hogwarts" appeared. Computer said, "You write like J. K. Rowling."
Experiment 4. I repeated the Minerva/Poppy excerpt, this time changing the characters' names to "Mary" and "Jane" and leaving out the word "Hogwarts." The computer said, "You write like James Joyce."
Experiment 5. I used the Minerva/Poppy excerpt again, leaving the characters' names intact, but removing "Hogwarts." The computer again said that I write like J. K. Rowling. So clearly, the word "Hogwarts" alone isn't enough to generate the "Rowling" response. But without any HP markers at all, the same story did not get the "Rowling" response.
Experiment 6. I put in two paragraphs from one of my more jargon-y academic articles. Computer said: "You write like Vladimir Nabokov."
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