Posted by John Dalziel on Monday, July 19, 2010,
In :
Analyze
Are there similarities in your written works and the works of a famous author?To find which author’s works your writings resemble, head on over to “I Write Like.”
I Write Like is a free and simple to use web service that claims that it can tell you which author you write like.
Users paste in a piece of their work and after quick analysis "I write Like" displays a famous author’s name whose work their writing resembles. They can paste in any text they have recently worked on:
Posted by John Dalziel on Saturday, July 10, 2010,
In :
Interactive CPD
The Scholastic
website has an area called "Writing with Writers" that might be of
interest to practitioners and learners because it pulls back the veil
on the writing process.
The progression of activities and sequencing of tasks (along with
insights by known authors)
Jane Yolen,
Virginia Hamilton, and
Jack Prelutsky,
...makes Writing with Writers a valuable tool
for most learners. A bonus is that learners can get stories published
here, too, so the writing is an authentic exper...
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