Category: Writing Challenges
Challenges from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
Right Where He’s Supposed to Be (by freyakendra)
When tragedy strikes twice in as many months, the Cartwrights discover that the strength of love, the bonds of family and the sense of wholeness can truly transcend mere mortality.
Rated: K+ WC 9000
Killing Cartwrights (by freyakendra)
Summary: Total, inane, silliness, prompted by Inca challenging writers to do what no one–or mostly no one, anyway–wants to do: actually kill a Cartwright! Subsequent discussion bordered on the macabre, with congratulations bestowed upon writers meeting the challenge. These 2 parodies resulted….
Rated: K+ WC 550
The Race (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Can Joe convince his brothers to take part of a new race Virginia City is hosting this month?
Word Count: 513 This is my answer to October’s C&S and the Michael Landon Birthday Challenge.
Rated: K
Leaving (by Dodo)
Summary: The wind of change is blowing across the Ponderosa. A story written for the October Chaps and Spurs Challenge using the words Indian, smoke, leaves, frost and summer.
Rated: K+ Word Count: 3585
Returning the Favour (by Dodo)
Summary: This is a ‘Death of a Cartwright’ challenge story. Be warned!
Rated: K+ Word Count: 1628
The Crucible – WHN (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: This is what happens when a writer responds to a Pinecone challenge, and then is reminded how easily she could have incorporated another existing challenge that few dared to attempt. But hey, can one writer incorporate the requirements of all three challenges into one story to create a fourth edition?
Rating: T (2,290 words)
The Telegram (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Ben Cartwright receives an incomplete telegram. What is the message and who is it about?
Rating: K (2,695 words)
A Place to Call Home (by Patina)
Rating: K+
Word Count=5568
Summary: WHN for Return to Honor. Will Cartwright adjusts to life on the Ponderosa.
The Silent Land (by Inca / aka Tye)
Two brothers ride into a sleepy, little town in the middle of nowhere. Their name is Cartwright and their appearance triggers a tragic quest for vengeance.
Rated T WC 17,000
Virginia City Tea Party (by heike)
Summary: In Virginia City ladies know how to celebrate a proper tea party.
Rating: K+ WC 2100
Murder, He Wrote (by heike)
Summary: Deputy Clem Foster is trying to solve a crime. Little Joe is eager to help until his father becomes the main suspect.
Rating T WC 3100
A Dream Fulfilled… (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: Dream Fulfilled… A story in six voices, that all viewers wished had happened. Within each section there will be a common thread that also ties each character to the others. At the end of each section the character and the word prompt are listed.
Rating K (6,705 words)
Setting the Course (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: At the end of “A House Divided”, have you ever wondered why Adam wasn’t farther along to join the cause before Little Joe caught up with him? Adam had emotionally left the night before Ben‘s encounter with Frederick Kyle and Joe in town. Me… I don’t think it had anything to do with Adam’s response to Joe during the closing scene, “That lake really gets under your skin.”
Rating: K+ (800 words)
Only One Left (by Destiny Adams)
Summary: He is the only one left. Joe reflects. Written for the August Chaps and Spurs. Tissue warning!
Rated: K+ (1,150 words)
Not a Political Man (by faust)
Yet another discussion with Adam prompts Joe into doing something rash and potentially life-threatening—and into thinking more about politics than he ever wanted to.
2,600 words, rated K