I Write Like says I write like David Foster Wallace. Which sucks, since I'm currently reading DFW's "Girl With Curious Hair" and am not digging it entirely. And so I was doing a search on "David Foster Wallace wordy" to see if anyone else thinks DFW often overdid it, as I do, and ended up on I Write Like.
But things will change. I will use fewer words. Shorter sentences. Ideas will stand up straight, and not sprawl on the rug like drunkards, babbling. Rock-jawed, but not marble-mouthed. Phrases sheared, high and tight, march down the page, delivering meaning at knife-point. Boo. Yah.
(I Write Like says the preceding paragraph sounds like... DFW. I was going for something more like Cormac McCarthy or Faulkner or something. Perhaps I should ignore that site.)
I get Douglas Adams and all I can say is, I wish.
“When a painter stands in front of a blank canvas, the issue is, what to put in.
When a photographer stands in front of a scene, the issue is, what to leave out.
The camera, by default, puts everything in. Even the most dedicated photorealist painter can’t put everything in.”
Mike writes like Ian Fleming!
Ohhhhhhkay. The name is Mundy. Mike Mundy.
IWL says I write like DFW. And also my wife. WTF, IWL? BS.