Any tips?

[hunter63]

DD asked me once about writing a story....gave her the "Dark and Stormy night" ...line...

Teacher ask her if she was a Snoopy fan...(Charlie Brown).......LOL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_...d_stormy_night

[crashdive123]

Not to rain on your parade, but the one about the traveling salesman and farmers daughter has been done a bit much as well.

[tundrabadger]

Who keeps stealing my ideas?

[WolfVanZandt]

And "It was the best of times...."
Actually, the dark and stormy night line is original to Edward Bulwer-Lytton (I think I have the spelling right). Snoopy lifted it from Paul Clifford.

[Rick]

Here's some inspiration for you.

http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/2014win.html

[tundrabadger]

Thanks Rick.... Always good to have literary rolemodels to draw on

[hunter63]

And "It was the best of times...."
Actually, the dark and stormy night line is original to Edward Bulwer-Lytton (I think I have the spelling right). Snoopy lifted it from Paul Clifford.

Yeah, I know, was referenced in the Wikipedia link provided.
These days, the Snoopy reference (also noted in that link) is most likely the most quoted....and least it was by her teacher....LOL

P.S.
Seems Bulwer-Lytton was not the orginal author either...
From the link Rick provided...
Quote>Although Lytton did not originate the line, he exploited its familiarity to begin his novel, as have several other writers who followed him< Quote.

[WolfVanZandt]

Heh, I got it from a book on horror (Creatures of the Night).