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Topic : Re: Why is "It was a dark and stormy night.." not a good opening? Also, why has it spawned an award for bad writing? - selfpublishingguru.com

Bryan361

: Re: Why is "It was a dark and stormy night.." not a good opening? Also, why has it spawned an award for bad writing?

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It gives you no sense of character or urgency or anything. In my opinion, it is just not intriguing to start a story with the weather.

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