How do I rewrite text in a famous author's voice?

Paste your text, choose an author from the Author / Artist list — such as Shakespeare, Rumi or Emily Dickinson — and press Update. The meaning stays the same while the voice changes.

Rewrite Text Online — Tone, Culture & Author Voice Tool

Paste a few words or a social post. Pick a culture, an author's voice, and a tone — get it rewritten.

What Somethin' Stupid does

Somethin' Stupid is a free writing companion that takes any snippet — a comment you're about to post, a caption, a paragraph of an email, or a line you copied from social media — and rewrites it so it carries a different cultural sensibility, the voice of a famous author or artist, or a specific emotional tone. You keep the meaning; you change the feeling. The tool works in 33 languages, spanning the world's most spoken tongues and the most spoken languages of Europe, so you can reshape text in the language you actually write in.

How to use it

Paste or type your text in the box above. Then pick any combination of a Culture, an Author, and a Tone and press Update. Leave an option on "None" to skip it. Mixing a culture with an author and a tone produces the most striking rewrites: try a plain product announcement rewritten with Japanese cultural restraint, in the voice of Emily Dickinson, with a mesmerized tone.

See it in action

Each example starts from the same plain sentence, then changes only the dials shown. Notice how the meaning stays but the feeling shifts.

Culture: Japanese · Tone: Mesmerized

Before The sunset was really nice tonight.

After This evening the sky offered its quiet farewell — layers of amber settling over the rooftops, and I stood still, unable to look away.

Author: William Shakespeare · Tone: Supportive

Before Don't give up, you've got this.

After Yield not, good soul; the strength thou seekest already lives within thy breast, and fortune favours hearts that dare press on.

Culture: American · Tone: Sarcastic

Before The meeting has been moved to 7am.

After Oh, fantastic — the meeting's at 7am now. Because nothing says "great decisions" like scheduling before the coffee's even brewed.

Author: Rumi · Tone: Surprised

Before I didn't expect you to show up.

After And there you were! As if the door I thought was empty had been holding the whole garden behind it all along.

The three dials

Culture

Twenty of the world's cultures — Chinese, Indian, American, Japanese, French, Arab, Brazilian, Korean and more — each with its own imagery, idioms and rhythm.

Author & Artist

Fifteen legendary voices, from Shakespeare, Rumi and Tolstoy to composers like Beethoven and Mozart and lyricists like Bob Dylan.

Tone

Ten emotional registers: surprised, upset, supportive, against, puzzled, humorous, sarcastic, indifferent, suppa' fly, and mesmerized.

Ideas for what to write

Creators use Somethin' Stupid to test how a caption lands in a different voice before publishing. Language learners use it to see the same idea expressed across cultures. Writers break through a blank page by seeing their rough sentence reflected through a master's style. Marketers A/B different tones for the same message. Because it runs on your own AI key and stays in your browser, you can experiment freely without limits imposed by us.

Frequently asked questions

Is Somethin' Stupid free to use?

Yes. Every visitor gets a number of free rewrites each day, generated by our AI on our servers. No account, no API key, nothing to install.

Where is my text stored?

It isn't. Your text is sent to the AI provider only to generate the rewrite, and is not logged or stored on our servers.

Which languages are supported?

The interface and rewrites cover 33 languages — the most spoken languages in the world plus the most spoken in Europe. The rewrite is produced in the same language as your input.

Can I combine a culture, an author and a tone at once?

Absolutely. Any combination works, and blending all three usually produces the most distinctive results. Set any dial to "None" to leave it out.

Say what you feel.