https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_was_a_dark_and_stormy_night
The Peanuts comic strip character Snoopy, in his imagined persona as the World Famous Author, sometimes begins his novels with the phrase "It was a dark and stormy night." [9] Cartoonist Charles Schulz made Snoopy use this phrase because "it was a cliché, and had been one for a very long time". [10] A book by Schulz, titled Snoopy and "It Was

https://www.dictionary.com/e/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night/
It was a dark and stormy night when the writer turned to Dictionary.com for synonyms and definitions to make their writing pop. At least, it would be a dark and stormy night if said writer was basing a story on one of the most cliché (a trite, stereotyped expression that has lost all originality from being long overused) introductions to grace the page.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/651542/dark-and-stormy-night-worst-sentence-history-literature
Edward Anderson's poem "The Sailor," which predates Paul Clifford by at least 30 years, includes the phrase "This cheers us in the dark and stormy night.". Victorian writers such as

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night.html
The aspiring author Snoopy is often portrayed typing 'a dark and stormy night'. Bulwer-Lytton's literary efforts weren't entirely in vain. His work was highly popular during his lifetime and he has left us more than 'a dark and stormy night'. For instance, the great unwashed and the pen is mightier than the sword.

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton
This is the origin of the rather derogatory phrase, "the great unwashed". It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the

https://lithub.com/the-secret-history-of-your-favorite-bad-writing-cliche-it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night/
Perhaps most famously, "It was a dark and stormy night" is the first sentence of every novel that World-Famous Author Snoopy tries to write in Charles Schultz's Peanuts. It first popped up in July 1965 , and became such a popular running gag, with so many permutations, that he turned it into its own book in 1971, and the strips have been

https://litreactor.com/columns/the-maligned-history-of-it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night
It was a dark and stormy night when the good Antony arrived at the creek (sagely denominated Haerlem river) which separates the island of Manna-hata from the mainland. Fast forward 21 years, to 1830, and the publication of Paul Clifford, Bulwer-Lytton's tome set during the French Revolution, about a man living a dual life as a highway robber

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2015/10/27/bcst-books-dark-and-stormy-night
Another beloved author picked it up for the opening of her own fantasy novel: Madeleine L'Engle opens "A Wrinkle In Time" with, "It was a dark and stormy night." The sentence has inspired

https://wordsareourheroes.medium.com/the-ironic-history-of-it-was-a-dark-stormy-night-7762242724db
The origin of the stereotypical example of "bad writing". "It was a dark and stormy night...". he infamous line begins the beloved classic published in 1973, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle. The book is not only the first of The Time Quartet series but also won the John Newbery Medal from the Association for Libraries Services

https://z4short.com/2016/09/14/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night/
For any of you who don't know the dark and stormy origin, here's how it first appeared in Bulwer-Lytton's novel Paul Clifford, published in 1830: It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents - except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nyxvw
It Was A Dark and Stormy Night. Home. This programme is not currently available. Ian Peacock reveals the dark and gothic life of Victorian writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who coined the archetypally

https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/2896/was-it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night-deliberately-purple-prose
The phrase itself is not "purple prose". In fact, it has been used before. Paul Clifford was written in 1890, and the exact same phrase was used in an 1809 essay The History of New York by no lesser writer than Washington Irving.. It was a dark and stormy night when good Anthony arrived at the famous creek (sagely denominated Haerlem river) which separates the island of Mannahatta from the

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskLiteraryStudies/comments/gh7y48/why_is_it_was_a_dark_and_stormy_night_considered/
This is the first sentence in it's entirety: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."

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https://www.reddit.com/r/writing/comments/lhpmj/it_was_a_dark_and_stormy_night/
It was a dark and stormy night. Jugglinglivebabies settled down in a desk chair, ready to donate mass quantities of funds to Steam's latest sale. Suddenly, Jugglinglivebabies was plunged into an absolute darkness as the lights silently winked out. "Must be a blackout" Jugglinglivebabies muttered into the darkness.

https://ronaldbrichardson.com/metafiction/the-worlds-shortest-novel-snoopys-it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night/
THE END. Snoopy's story can be considered a novel although it is shorter than most short stories, thanks to the author's attempts to present what György Lukács calls "Great epic's" potential to "give form to the extensive totality of life.". It was a Dark and Stormy Night has atmosphere, mystery, violence, family drama, pirates

https://schulzmuseum.org/nte-2/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night/
Snoopy began his writing career in July 1965 with the infamous first line, originally penned by English novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton: "It was a dark and stormy night." Charles M. Schulz brought his love of literature to his cartoon with his depiction of Snoopy as the World Famous Author sitting atop his doghouse using a typewriter.

https://www.npr.org/2020/04/14/833940571/-2017-it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night
April 25, 20208:00 AM ET. Listen · 54:05. 54-Minute Listen. Playlist. Download. Embed. This week on The Best of Car Talk, a salute to Edwards Bulwer-Lytton, the writer who set the bar for bad

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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night - 2 - STORY OF THE PLAY Slaughter House … the mansion of Sam Slaughter, the world's most successful, but most reclusive mystery writer and the studio of "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night," the most popular radio show of 1938 … the place where fact and fiction mix into a deadly combination.

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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night. Book By: Craig Sodaro. Play #: 8009. Pages: 63 pgs. Cast: 7 m, 11 w. Not many people like Sam Slaughter, the world's most successful but most reclusive mystery writer. He's just fired the aging star of his radio mystery show, "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night," and he's two-timing another star with a brainless

https://www.inspirewriters.com/it-was-a-dark-and-stormy-night-four-tips-for-writing-great-opening-sentences/
Bulwer-Lytton's famous opening line, "It was a dark and stormy night … ," was described by Zachary Petit on the Writer's Digest blog, as "… the literary posterchild for bad story starters." It's even provided the inspiration for a contest for "egregiously bad fake first lines."

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/79128.It_Was_A_Dark_Stormy_Night
It Was A Dark & Stormy Night Books with the words dark and/or stormy (or variations on same) in them. ... Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 by. Daniel James Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 3,932 ratings. score: 98, and 1 person voted

https://schulzmuseum.org/dark-and-stormy-2/
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night. January 28 to September 10, 2017. Downstairs Changing Gallery. Charles Schulz brought his love of literature to his art, especially with his depiction of Snoopy as the "World Famous Author" sitting atop his doghouse using a typewriter. Snoopy began his writing career in July, 1965 with that infamous first

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Meadowbrook-Poly United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Sunday Worship, June 23, 2024, 10:50am. Today's sermon: "In the Storm" by Rev. Ginger Watson.

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'The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer' Review: A Lurid Comedy That Skips Past Its Best Ideas John Magaro and Steve Buscemi shine in an otherwise dull affair.