I have always admired Edward Bulwer-Lytton's opening line, "It was a dark and stormy night," to his 1830 novel Paul Clifford.
Lord Lytton also coined the phrases "the great unwashed",and "pursuit of the almighty dollar". He was an immensely popular writer.
In the movie 'Throw Momma From the Train' Billy Crystal struggles with an opening line for a story. The best he can come up with is "the night was humid". I would have written, "the night was moist". Billy is instructing a creative writing class and finds out Danny DeVito used the same line.
I used the line to describe a stormy night and violent fight in Dawson City.
"The English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton's description of a "dark and stormy night", fit the weather perfectly in Dawson City that evening. The rain fell in buckets; the wind rattled the metal roofing and cats wanted to come inside."
The book Paul Clifford was successful and the opening line has become famous.
Danny and Bulwer-Lytton both wrote great opening lines but they look nothing alike.
Regards
David
Lord Lytton also coined the phrases "the great unwashed",and "pursuit of the almighty dollar". He was an immensely popular writer.
In the movie 'Throw Momma From the Train' Billy Crystal struggles with an opening line for a story. The best he can come up with is "the night was humid". I would have written, "the night was moist". Billy is instructing a creative writing class and finds out Danny DeVito used the same line.
I used the line to describe a stormy night and violent fight in Dawson City.
"The English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton's description of a "dark and stormy night", fit the weather perfectly in Dawson City that evening. The rain fell in buckets; the wind rattled the metal roofing and cats wanted to come inside."
The book Paul Clifford was successful and the opening line has become famous.
Danny and Bulwer-Lytton both wrote great opening lines but they look nothing alike.
Regards
David