Kellycakes
Number of posts : 1136 Age : 46 Location : State of Thankfulness! Current Mood : Registration date : 2008-07-17
| Subject: A New Poll? May 3rd 2015, 3:41 pm | |
| Back in the day the go to phrase to start a story was "Once upon a time..." My question to you is, is this phrase overused or underused now a days in writing? | |
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TerishD
Number of posts : 1441 Age : 64 Location : Ringgold, Louisiana Current Mood : Registration date : 2008-07-21
| Subject: My view May 4th 2015, 7:40 am | |
| I do not see it being used. 'Once upon a time' makes one feel that they are reading a fairy tale. In my writing and the writing of others, we want you to take our stories with a feeling of them being real. We want you to be concerned for the characters. I thus am not saying that 'once upon a time' is dated, but that it sets the mind of the reader in a place we do not want them to be. | |
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