Author: BZTrailRiders
BTR Sourdough Starters #07 – November 2018 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: A photo of Ben with his hands clasped while sitting at an empty table. What is Ben thinking? Is he troubled or thankful? What’s happened in his life that’s brought him to this point?
Rating: G, Word Count: 2576
BTR Sourdough Starters #06 – October 2018 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: At the end of the month we will have our Harvest Dance with a twist (a Sadie Hawkins Dance). The ladies ask the men to the dance. For this month’s Starter, in 600 words or less, have a lady ask a Cartwright to the October Harvest Dance OR write a story of how you would ask your date to the Dance.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2651
BTR Sourdough Starters #05 – September 2018 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: He/She looked beyond my faults and saw my needs. – Dottie Rambo. Write a story of 600 words or less using this line from a song.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2248
BTR Sourdough Starters #04 – August 2018 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” – Winnie the Pooh. Use this quote in a story of no more than 600 words.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2658
BTR Sourdough Starters #03 – July 2018 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: In Tim McGraw’s Live Like You Were Dying, there are the lines “Took a good, long, hard look/At what I’d do if I could do it all again”.
Rating: G, Word Count: 4013
BTR Sourdough Starters #02 – June 2018 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: Use this quote in a story of 600 words or less. “When I started counting my blessings, my whole life turned around.” -Willie Nelson
Rating: G, Word Count: 3571
BTR Sourdough Starters #01 – May 2018 (by BZTrailriders)
Summary: In 2018, BTR started a writing challenge call Sourdough Starters. A Sourdough Starter is the Yeast that will activate the Dough that will be Baked into Bread. This was used in the 1800’s and is still used today. BTR’s take was to use it as a “Starter” for a bigger story. A Sourdough story is not usually fully complete. It should leave questions – what brought the characters to that point? What happens next to the characters? etc. We continued running the challenge through 2020.
Rating: G, Word Count 2079
Bonanza Trail Riders – 2018 Springtime Stories (by BZTrailRiders)
Summary: The first short stories written on Bonanza Trail Riders – April 2018. The participating writers are identified at the beginning of their contribution.
Rating: G, Word Count: 4142
One Very Smart Dog (by Tampa)
Summary: It doesn’t take long for a stray dog to win the Cartwrights’ hearts, and one tough Cartwright in particular.
Rating: G, Word Count: 2420