Imagine a computer program that works like a voice recognition program. You write ten or so pages, the whole time the computer is learning about your writing style.

Then, you enter in a few variables. How many words do you want? Is this a story? Non-fiction? A magazine article? What’s the topic?

You just sit back and the computer does the work for you. In a few minutes, you’ve got a complete, polished piece in your own voice.

Sound like a fantasy? We just got a little bit closer with the launch of MyCyberTwin, an Australian-run website that will automatically chat back with other people IMing you based on information you enter and a personality test.

My twin revealed that he wasn’t actually me after I asked him only two questions. And the first answer didn’t really make all that much sense. But, what I found compelling about this was that you can fill out a personality test any way you choose, effectively making your twin an ideal (or extremely mean) version of yourself.

Try chatting with my online personality here. What do I say to you? Tell me how engaging I am in the comments.

Chat to my CyberTwin online now!

What are your thoughts about this technology? Misleading? Too much automation?

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And we’re still going strong. Setting a nice steady pace has helped out a lot and has me in a nice rhythm.

Since mystory involves 4 main characters, my biggest challenge right now is giving them all a unique voice, as well as keeping their relationships and feelings about each other clear.

I’ve also tried to keep the beginning moving and keep exposition and backstory to a minimum. There will be plenty of room for that to come out as the story progresses.

Week 3 running word count - 13,596

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