Dan Brown told the Boston Globe this week that there’s another Robert Langdon book in the works. I am genuinely and unironically excited. I love his novels. They are where I go to read a movie.

But. You know. There’s a formula and all. I think this flowchart cracks it.

Have you ever wanted to write a Dan Brown novel? Let’s do it.

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