Sunday Writing Prompt “5 by 5”

Choose a bird with a beautiful song

American Robin

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Asian Koel

Canary

Nightingale

Choose a proverb (preferably from your own heritage)

Choose something in the sky that catches the protagonist’s attention. Whatever you choose will go on to have a much greater impact on the protagonist then they originally thought when first observing it. Example seeing a drone. Later finding out that drone has been taking compromising pictures of them.

Have someone make a humorous observation about the protagonist.

Give the protagonist a sidekick.

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