Category: Writing Challenges
Challenges from the Bonanza Brand Forums.
Memories (by Storm)
Summary: Here is the second story I mentioned for the October Chaps and Spurs challenge. Again I hope you like it.
Rated: K+ 1700
Still the Best Story in Town (by southplains)
Summary: Just where did David Dortort get the ideas for his characters in the best television show ever made? Written as an exercise to get the creative juices flowing…
Rated: T WC 4500
Worry (by southplains)
Summary: Joe and Adam are injured and in danger. Hoss and Ben struggle to bring them back. A companion piece to my story ‘Invincible’.
Rated: T WC 10,500
Invincible Series, links to all the stories within the series included.
Nod or a Wink (by Writing Woman)
Summary: Hoss struggles to understand why a woman is gunned down on the streets of Virginia City.
Rated: T WC 750
Hoss, North and South (by Writing Woman)
Summary: While on a cattle drive headed east, Hoss becomes involved in the war between the North and South.
Rated: K WC 625
Options (by EPM)
Summary: Two brothers separated, each thinking the other is dead.
Rated: T WC 9200
Celebrating 90 Glorious Years AND 430 Episodes of Bonanza! (by DebbieB)
Summary: I wrote this story for David Dortort’s 90th birthday party to which I was invited. In the story I used all 430 episode titles so the story might sound a bit strange to some. I had the story bound in book form for Mr. Dortort and given to him as my gift celebrating his 90 glorious years. It was my way of saying thank you for the joy he brought to so many lives and especially for the friendship that developed between us that I will always cherish. It has never been shared with anyone except David, until now.
Rated: G (5,000 words)
Death’s Letter S (by Karen)
Summary: Joe plays a joke on Hoss.
Rated: K (1,330 words)
A Camping Story (by BeckyS)
Summary: Adam takes four-year old Little Joe on a camping trip and a lesson in vocabulary.
Rating: G (2,400 words)
Death’s Letter ‘S’ (by KateP)
Summary: A Challenge story where we were given a title and had to write a story to fit it.
Rated: K+ (1,250 words)
Becky’s Bonanza World Anthology (by BeckyS)
Summary: The vignettes contained within were written and posted in the long-gone Bonanza World website. Individually, they are too short to post in the Brand Library as stand alone stories, so we have created this anthology to help preserve these stories.
Rating: G
Sarah (by rita)
Summary: Joe has been shot and needs to find shelter.
Rated: T WC 2100
Deciding is the Hardest Thing to Do (by DJK)
Summary: Was it really that easy, or did it take one last push?
Rating: G (1,090 words)
Five Bits (by DJK)
Summary: This is a collection of five short pieces each written in response to a specific prompt. The prompt was used to title the piece. I hope you enjoy them.
Rating: G (4,140 words)
There Are More Things… (by KateP)
Summary: It’s Halloween on the Ponderosa and Ben has a visitor from England.
Rated: K+ (6,610 words)
