It was a dark and stormy night - Cliche writing exercise
It was a dark and stormy night is one of the most famous, cliches of an opening line around. (Although, I admit I had to Google the original source - check out the wikipedia article if you’re interested)
But I thought I’d have some fun with it and do a few variations on the theme as a writing exercise.
It was a dark and stormy night–well ok, it wasn’t all that dark, just twilight really, and it was more of a drizzle than a storm–but still it was pretty scary when my Great Aunt Matilda showed up at the door. The drizzle had collected in little droplets which highlighted the three hairs protruding from the mole on her cheek.
It was a dark and stormy night, as dark as his enemy’s heart and as stormy as his thoughts, when he loaded the pistol and tucked it into his coat pocket.
It was a dark and stormy night, just perfect for puddle jumping with a flashlight. Of course, mother wasn’t too happy when we all trooped in to the kitchen and the mud ran down our slickers and smeared the prints already made by our galoshes.
It was a dark and stormy night when the aliens showed up the first time. They’d been reading our books and watching our movies, you see, and they knowed exactly how to do it. They even mocked up a no-kidding, gen-you-wine flying saucer just to impress us yokels. Didn’t work though. You see, Jed was out coon hunting that night and he come across them before they could stage the whole scene. You should just hear him tell the story…