LawTalkers - The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!

Apparently I write like David Foster Wallace.*

* Must start using more footnotes.**
** Long ones!***
*** I don't think I am up for the task. However I am currently reading Brief Interviews With Hideous Men.

OK, I ran a half dozen book reviews that I'd posted through. Four HP Lovecrafts, a Dan Brown, and a DFW. I've never read HP Lovecraft. But did that computer just insult me?

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

07-16-2010 12:09 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 428875)

Stephenie Meyer, whoever that is, at least based upon the brief I am writing. I suspect a post from here would get a different result.

Damn. I've got to keep you away from my teenage daughters.

But then, I already knew that.

greatwhitenorthchick

07-16-2010 12:17 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 428875)

Stephenie Meyer, whoever that is, at least based upon the brief I am writing. I suspect a post from here would get a different result.

A second time you have made me actually lol.

Fugee

07-16-2010 12:18 PM

Re: The thread where Spring has sprung, and Penske has risen from the law. Word!

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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 428847)

random thought from last week's Stern show- if you are the only child of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, it must really suck to get Billy's looks and Christie's musical ability.

Stern must be getting weak if he's using old and unoriginal material -- people have been saying that about the poor girl for years.

Fugee

07-16-2010 12:24 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 428875)

Stephenie Meyer, whoever that is, at least based upon the brief I am writing. I suspect a post from here would get a different result.

You brief must really suck. Your non-work writing definitely would get a better result.

Stephen King on the comparison of JK Rowling and Stephenie Meyer: "Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good."

Fugee

07-16-2010 12:31 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick (Post 428868)

Has anyone else done this?

According to this, I write like James Joyce. This is based on a multi-paragraph email I sent to a client. I don't think that is necessarily a good sign.

http://iwl.me/

Either I have a very inconsistent writing style or they just give you writers at random. I put in my last 6 book reviews and got Dan Brown twice, George Orwell, David Foster Wallace, and Stephen King twice.

greatwhitenorthchick

07-16-2010 12:33 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 428888)

There's an algorithm behind it -- there's an interview with the guy who created the algorithm on The Awl today. So it's not random, but apparently imperfect -- either that or you are Sibyl.

Fugee

07-16-2010 12:39 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by greatwhitenorthchick (Post 428891)

There's an algorithm behind it -- there's an interview with the guy who created the algorithm on The Awl today. So it's not random, but apparently imperfect -- either that or you are Sibyl.

Sibyl it is! It could also be affected by the very different genres of the books I was reviewing as my reading choices are quite Sibyl-ish: a romance, a romantic thriller, a couple mysteries, a vampire mystery (the Sookie Stackhouse series), and an alternate history military/fantasy book with dragons.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

07-16-2010 12:40 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 428888)

I put in three examples of my legal writing and got David Foster Wallace for all of them. Apparently I am DFW at work and HP Lovecraft at home.

patentparanyc

07-16-2010 01:11 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan (Post 428876)

Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

Does the brief sparkle?

He did the cover page with a BeDazzler.

I write like Dan Brown. go f'ing figure. that was my contracts essay

patentparanyc

07-16-2010 01:42 PM

Re: Recommendations

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Originally Posted by John Phoenix (Post 428818)

If you were going to a strip club in Vegas, which one would you pick, and why?

when I asked around here is the feedback

Spearmint Rhino, Olympic Garden, Sapphire, and Rick's are the ones I hear about the most.
I like Olympic Garden.
Spearment Rhino, here and there, are always good
I have not been to Rick's or Sapphire yet.
and Cheetahs

Flinty_McFlint

07-16-2010 02:57 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 428899)

I put in three examples of my legal writing and got David Foster Wallace for all of them. Apparently I am DFW at work and HP Lovecraft at home.

Based on my first few posts on this thread, I allegedly write like William Gibson. I was certain it was going to say Don Rickles.

Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

07-16-2010 02:58 PM

Re: I write like

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Originally Posted by Fugee (Post 428898)