How to write like Dan Brown

[jack]

If you saw a mainstream link to "How to write like Dan Brown" would you expect it was sarcasm, or serious?

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[pseudomonas]

Mainstream, I'd expect it was serious, if it wasn't provided with other contextual hints that it was satire. While Dan Brown is not generally seen as a Great Writer, I don't think he's (in mainstream terms) the figure of fun that would be required for there to be much mileage in a satirical link with that title. He's a byword for "successful low-brow" rather than "awful writing style", though possibly people see "writing like Dan Brown" as an attainable target compared to other successful writers.