Category: Writing Challenges
Challenges from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
Brother to Brother . . . to Brother . . . to Brother (by PSW)
Summary: Joe gets a chance to practice his own ‘big brother’ skills.
Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.
Rated: K 6,220 words
Destiny (by Foreverfree)
Summary: A heart can only break so many times, and after the traumatic losses he has suffered, Joe is convinced that living his life alone is the only way to protect his heart from shattering. But… Is that really his intended destiny? This story takes place two years after the season 14 double-episode “Forever.”
Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.
Rated: PG 8,640 words
Then and Now (by Cheaux)
Summary: Two sides of the same coin, one looks forward, one looks backward and they both struggle in the present. This post Season 14 story is set in 1878 and includes most all of the principal cast from the series run.
Written for the 2018 Ponderosa Paddlewheel Poker Tournament.
Rated: T 10,000 words
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
Somethin’ Worth Fightin’ For (by AC1830)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Missing Man Challenge – Add Adam into an episode after Season 6 as if he has always been there. I chose The Fighters, Season 7, Episode 30.
Rating – T, Word Count – 4662
The Scales of Justice (by Questfan)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Missing Man Challenge – Add Adam into an episode as if he has always been there. I have chosen an episode from Season 12:6, Gideon the Good.
Rated: T Word Count: 8,148
Idiots, Plenty Idiots Rascals (by Mumu74)
Summary: Written for the 2018 Missing Man Challenge. Allow me to post here a very short story. If it’s ok, I’ll take it back after and I’ll work on it better. With school, I had not enough time to do what I wanted to do.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 854
The Other Sons (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: This is my entry for the Missing Man Challenge. The episode is The Other Son and Adam has been added to the story line. The rest of the story of moving the nitroglycerin across the mountains remains intact.
rating = T word count = 7768
Wasps (by BettyHT)
Summary: My entry for the Camp In the Pines 2018, the story grew from a pinecone about wasps attacking. If you read it, you will find the ending familiar. The rest of the story is a backstory for how that came to be. This is mostly a Hoss story but all members of the family play roles in the story.
rating =T word count = 6643
Giving You (by Foreverfree)
Summary: What love is all about – inspired by Joe – my favorite Cartwright.
My entry for The World Poetry Day 2018.
Rating: K Word count: 82
Colors (by AC1830)
Summary: Colors on the Ponderosa can come from unexpected places. My entry for World Poetry Day.
Rating – K, WC – 112
Love For A Moment (by JC)
Summary: Love comes unexpectedly to Hoss Cartwright, leaving a bittersweet memory. A poem inspired by “The Newcomers” (Season One) written by Thomas Thompson. (Written for the World Poetry Day 2018 Challenge)
Rating: G (550 words)
We Done Our Share (by BettyHT)
SUMMARY: My entry for the March 2018 poetry challenge — It’s a little discussion among the brothers about loves lost which is spoken in three voices.
rating = PG13 word count = 282
Searching for Life (by AC1830)
Summary: When Ben and Inger left her brother Gunnar in Illinois (Inger, My Love), he was searching for his purpose in life, heading to the Canadian gold fields. The Last Viking showed he maintained his wild side. But how would his life have turned out if he had listened to his sister’s words? A WHI for The Last Viking.
Written for the Bonanza Brand 2018 Ancestry Challenge – Several relatives of the Cartwrights have turned up from time to time. Are there more and what effect do they have on the Cartwrights?
Rating – K+, WC – 5547
And Then Along Comes Rupert (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Long-distant cousin Rupert brings greetings and glad tidings to the Ponderosa.
Rating: T (2,225 words)
A submission for the 2018 Ancestry Challenge: Several relatives of the Cartwrights have turned up from time to time. Are there more and what affect do they have on the Cartwrights?
