One day, when I was planning a new project, I thought I would like to narrate a story about some old man in Sicily. When I was thinking about this project I didn't know exactly how to start it, and what rose to my thoughts was: “Once upon a time there was...”.
“No, no... That’s old! I cannot begin a story in this way... it's much too expected” I replied to myself, maybe writing was not the best choice for this story.