Have you ever noticed that there are certain key phrases that start an epic story or fairy tale that are just so over used your mind immediately skips over it? Also, when this happens if the story's first sentence continues on in a way that is expected, you almost immediately put down this book and walk away? I'm just so tired of what could be really good stories being limited by the expected norm of "Once upon a time, a fair princess..." so on and so forth. I mean, even movies are doing this shite now a days.
Why can't a fairy tale start with an action something that just jumps off the page and makes you want to read more? What if it st