Who has Michael Jackson’s voice running through their head? No? nevermind…
So. Let’s say you can only eat one food for a year. Why? Because you’re in an overseas prison – suspected of internet spy activities. Or something like that. The circumstances don’t really matter. The point is, you can only choose to eat ONE thing for a whole year. Simple.
What would you eat?
So, Mari had this fun post up about how she had her writing analyzed to find out who she wrote like. So I did the same thing and it told me I write like James Joyce. Wiki said he was Irish. Themodernworld.com said: “Like a force of nature, Joyce’s writing can be demanding, unrepentant, and merciless – but at the same time beautiful, mysterious, and compelling.” Yikes. This guy sounded interesting, in a bad way – this slightly famous writer person from way back in the day who was generously compared to Shakespeare – so I looked up some of his stuff and he has comma issues. Surprise surprise.
Anyway, something came over me, something skeptical and sneaky – so the next day I re-analyzed the same text. And it said I write like Cory Doctorow. Clueless yet again, but google saved the day. Canadian blogger journalist writer man. Blogger. That’s more like it. I look up some Cory Doctorow quotes for fun: ”Abnormal is so common, it’s practically normal.” And then there’s this one: “Novels for me are how I find out what’s going on in my own head. And so that’s a really useful and indeed critical thing to do when you do as many of these other things as I do.”
I like this guy. And maybe the other guy, too; because we all know I have comma issues. Or something like that.
So…. You know you wanna. Take a few posts or emails or whatever – paste them in the box and tell us who you write like.
ok.
so, during your aforementioned time in the slammer, you passed the endless hours by reading. and you found that “real” books (like history, art, biographies, and academics, etc) were much more purposeful and informative than those mind-numbingly entertaining fiction books.
anyway, you were released from prison about 2 months ago, and part of your probation requires you to be actively involved in at least ONE social club/team. so, you’ve decided to join this crazy new society of book burners. the group’s formal title is The Society of Readers Rejecting Your Stories (aka: The SORRYS) - and at the yearly induction ceremony incoming SORRYS are FORCED to get rid of all but one fiction book.
[gasp]
which one would you keep? why?
disclaimer: the scenario depicted above is solely a work of fiction and hypothesis; it is NOT a representation of my personal perspective on fiction and non-fiction. i have NO issues with fiction books, and actually prefer them over non-fiction. so, please, don’t sue me or leave mean comments. kthx
