Need help for a story

[XI S i l v e r IX]

Well, I've been writing a story and, even though I refuse to talk much about it, I've come to halt on wondering which one sounds better as a beginning sentence for this particular story in mind.

Here are the one's I've come down to believe are the most important.

1)
It was a dark and starry night when the boy was born.

or

2)
It was a starry night when the boy was born.

Which one sounds better to you?

Thank you for your time.  

[Serenity Reed]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ItWasADarkAndStormyNight

I don't know what you're trying to get at, but the second will always trump the first. The first just made me wince. >_> It sounds too much like our cliche line. Don't ever touch it again.

Now that I've gotten to the point, I can relax. ^^ Don't worry too much about opening lines. It will come to you. Just remember, the first thing you need to say should deal with the character development of your main. Seriously, we want to know about who we'll be following, and it can get somewhat annoying if we hear too much that isn't about the MC.

So here's my advice: Relax! Just jump in and have fun with it! Don't worry about every single line; that's what the second draft is for. Don't get hung up on a single line, okay? heart  

[forevermyself07]

I think it kind of matters on the story... What I mean is if it's a horror or a tragedy story go with the dark and starry night. If it's a happier story then go with starry night. That's just my opinion.  

[charbookwyrm]

I'd have to agree with Ser - the first one is pretty cliche and I'd personally stay away from it. Besides anything else, it's starry, thus night, thus automatically dark. razz