"I’ve seen writers parody boring writing, and it doesn’t come across as parody. Just boring."
The reader needs to be in on the joke. You are not just parodying a passage, but a writer's "famous" style. Perhaps this works in an English lit class, where everyone has a shared hate for a certain passage.
"I’ve seen writers parody boring writing, and it doesn’t come across as parody. Just boring."
The reader needs to be in on the joke. You are not just parodying a passage, but a writer's "famous" style. Perhaps this works in an English lit class, where everyone has a shared hate for a certain passage.