Category: Writing Challenges
Challenges from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
It Isn’t Easy to Be the Youngest (by heike)
Summary: It isn’t easy for Jamie, to find his place in his new family. And for Joe the role of an older brother is new, too.
Rating: T WC 2700
Not A Normal Day (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Not a typical day on the Ponderosa.
Word Count: 1,795 Rated: K
Hiding in Fear (by BluewindFarm)
SUMMARY: An unenviable situation finds the brothers in hiding and praying they won’t be found.
Rating: K (640 words)
Crime and Punishment (by Sibylle)
Summary: Abigail Jones and Joe Cartwright take a journey together on business neither of them ever expected to have.
Rated: T WC 4700
Out of Boredom Comes Fishing (by BluewindFarm)
Summary: It’s only been a few months since Adam left the Ponderosa; this story finds Hop Sing and Little Joe in the kitchen, talking.
Rating K (990 words)
The Same Cloth (by faust)
Most unexpectedly, a trip to the barbershop with Little Joe brings Adam new appreciation of his little brother’s personality. An earthquake seems to play a major part in this…
3,000 words, rated K
Morehouse (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Joe has been shot.
Word Count: 3,634 Rated: K+
The Fire (by frasrgrl)
This story started off as just a little tidbit that I did for July’s Chaps and Spurs challenge. Now there is a mega challenge. It’s to see if you can keep a story going each month using the Chaps and Spur challenge words. Here’s my attempt at that.
Rated: T
A Friend in Need (by Dodo)
Summary: A WHN to the episode ‘A Matter Of Circumstance’.
Word Count: 2486 Rated: K
The Invitation (by Sibylle)
Summary: Pa is away and …. A little comedy about fights, the mail, and an old friend. Typically?
Rated: K+ WC 1900
Roll, Jenny, Roll (by JoaniePaiute)
Summary: A lively folk song provides the framework for a closer look at Ben Cartwright’s loves…including a brief crush he had as a 15-year-old.
Rated: K+ WC 2800
A Night In San Francisco (by frasrgrl)
Summary: Adam and Joe are in San Francisco and all Adam wants is one night of culture.
Word Count: 502 Rated: T
Jubilee (by Patina)
Rating: K
Word Count=2049
Summary: Virginia City’s Annual Independence Day Festival, as reported by Sam Clemens.
A Matter of Intent (by Cheaux)
Summary: A WHN for A Matter of Circumstance.
Rated T+ for subject matter. (6,840 words)
A Long and Twisted Path (by Sibylle)
Summary: This story tells about Marie’s first time living with Ben and his two sons. The beginning wasn’t easy …
Rated: K+ 5600