Category: Writing Challenges
Challenges from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
Rolling Stone aka A Perfect Christmas Eve (by puppycuddles)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Rolling Stone. When it comes to Little Joe and girls, it is a perfect Christmas Eve.
Rating: G 2,170 words
Weather Vane aka Looking to Heaven (by BettyHT)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Weather Vane. Grief, a misunderstood statement, and a heartfelt wish collide with unexpected consequences in this prequel.
Rating: G 2,620 words
Hole in the Barn Door aka Pieces of the Whole (by Questfan)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, Hole in the Barn Door. A failed attempt at past traditions leads to memories of the boys’ mothers. A AU post-series Christmas.
Rating: G 1,900 words
Rocky Road to California (by DJK)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Advent Calendar, based on the quilting prompt, “Rocky Road to California”
Rating: G 1,540 words
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
Ole Daniel (by DJK)
Summary: Each of Ben Cartwright’s sons had a meeting with Old Daniel. Only Hoss realized the danger they faced when they did. This is my submission for the October Halloween Challenge.
rating T word count 3126
Dead Men Tell No Tales (by AC1830)
Summary – October challenge – write another worldly story involving one or all the Cartwrights. The unthinkable has happened – all four Cartwrights are dead!
Rating – K, Word count – 2045
The Dead of Night (by PSW)
Summary: Little Joe has an unsettling night. Written for the October 15 Pinecone challenge, and expanded a bit for the Halloween Challenge.
Rating: G Word Count: 633
Adam’s Last Days (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: for the October challenge to write an out of this world story. Adam is suffering from a mysterious malady, and his days are growing short. Hoss gives Joe a clue to solve the mystery, but what Joe discovers is a horror. Most appropriate for the Halloween season.
rating = T word count = 1438
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
A Blissful Night in Harmony (by Eros)
Summary: Plain grub and a lumpy bed were all Ben Cartwright expected when a storm prevented his return to the Ponderosa. Set in 1882, this is an Alternative Universe story. Rated: MA (Mature Audience) Warning: Explicit language of a sexual nature. If you are easily offended by the subject, read…
The Squirrel’s Stash #3 (by Questfan)
Summary: A few more Pinecone Challenges for my pet squirrel to gnaw on. Each chapter has a lyric prompt and had to be no more than 500 words.
Word Count: 8885 Rating: T
The Road Not Yet Taken (by AC1830)
Summary: A crossover story (Bonanza and High Chaparral) for the August 2018 challenge. The Cartwright brothers head to Mexico on a cattle-buying trip. While there Adam meets someone who will change the path of his life, but will it be a path he desires?
Rating – K
Word count – 18,500
A Cold Day in Hell (by McFair_58)
Summary: Twenty-one year old Hoss Cartwright has a problem. Older brother Adam just took off into the desert without a word and Little Joe wants to follow him. Pa will have his hide, he knows. But it’s awful hard to say ‘no’ to Little Joe…
Rated PG
Word count 21,317