May Challenges

2012

Desert island challenge: Two of the boys are stranded on a desert island. Write a story - as long or short as you want - from one of their POVs. How do they get along? What are their big issues? Who's the one who drives the other one crazy? How do they work out their differences? What's life like for them when it's just the two of them?

Left Behind by Jackie
Chris and J.D. stranded on a desert island.
C, J.D.; ATF; FRT

Thrive by Charlotte C. Hill
Chris stranded on a desert island.
C/B; Old West; FRM

Paradise Borrowed by JoJo
Heaven and hell, needs and desires.
C/E; Old West; FRAO

Beyond the Horizon by JoJo
Josiah and Nathan might be the only survivors.
J, N; Old West; FRT

2011

2010

Choice 1: You must start your story with "It was a dark and stormy night . . ." Doesn't matter if it's serious, comedic, romantic, slashy or gen. That's your first sentence.

Choice 2: The other idea I've been kicking around has to do with a child arriving in someone's life and how they (the person) or they (the couple) or they (the whole gang) handle it/react to it/do with it. No. Little. Britches.

2009

Choice 1: Write a story with the words: "bitten," "forceful" and the phrase "Not gonna make it"

Choice 2: A story featuring one of the following: thunderstorm, hurricane or a blizzard

2008

Choice 1: Tell a story that includes a backstory of how one of the seven acquired an item that we associate with him (Vin's harmonica or Ezra's flask or ring or gold tooth, Chris' guns or spurs or duster, Nathan's knives or the scabbard, Josiah's Bible or serape, etc)

Choice 2: Write a story using the following words and phrase: "map", "wagon" and "I'm not kidding . . ."

Homecoming by Evil Jacquie
Write a story using the following words and phrase: map, wagon, and I'm not kidding....
C/B; Any modern AU; FRM

Asterism by Zeke Black
Write a story using the following words and phrase: "map, wagon, and I'm not kidding...." (except I used "wain" instead of "wagon" and altered the phrase to "I ain't kidding")
C/E; OW; FRAO

Raising the Ante by Charlotte C. Hill and Farad
Write a story using the following words and phrase: map, wagon, and I'm not kidding....
Note: This is a sort of founding story for the version of the Escorts universe that Charlotte and Stan Lee did where Chris and Buck are together. This takes place before JD comes in (those stories were written by Stan Lee and are on the DnF site), and basically explains how the other six got there, even though it's mostly Ezra who is coming in.
C/B, J/V; Escorts; FRAO

Junctures by Farad
Tell a story that includes a backstory of how one of the seven acquired an item that we associate with him (Vin's harmonica or Ezra's flash or ring or gold tooth, Chris' guns or spurs or duster, Nathan's knives or the scabbard, Josiah's Bible or serape - et cetera...);
and: Write a story using the following words and phrase: 'map', 'wagon', and 'I'm not kidding...'
Crossover with Deadwood
J/V, Trixie/Sol; OW; FRAO

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