Oh yes i did...

I just started a scene with "It was a dark and stormy night."
I've been informed by my mother that that's lazy writing, and yes it's cliched, but if you pull it off?
*kisses fingers*  perfecto!

Write on,
PICKLE

p.s. when i'm down in the dumps and can't think of what to write, I look at this picture. It fixes everything.