What gender is your writing?

[konstantya]

The Gender Genie

Ran across this last night.  Reminds me of that text analyzer that told you what famous author you wrote most similarly to.  Except maybe a bit more reliable?  It only counts the number of particular words used, so there's bound to be some not-quite-right analyzation.  (For instance, "said" is one of the so-called masculine words.  But as I often write in present-tense, "said" rarely shows up; it's always "says," which the analyzer doesn't pick up on.)

Still, it might just be coincidence, but I found it interesting that most of the time when I'm writing from a male character's perspective, it reads as being written by a male--or at least a happy, androgynous medium.  Maybe I have a decent male voice, after all?

Comments

[drakonlily.livejournal.com]

Mine almost ALWAYS say that I'm a man XD

[konstantya.livejournal.com]

I later went back and entered in some personal, non-fic writing (like emails and blog posts), and yeah, INVARIABLY I was a man--even when the subject was about crazy-ass fashion and the size of my hips. I lol'd. XD