Here’s the blog challenge question for Friday, March 11, 2011.
Words, like moths, are captured by writers who pin them to the page in various forms. What writer’s work most deftly captivates you? Why?
If you’d like to participate in the challenge, write a post on your own blog on the topic of the day, then visit the Words Matter blog to leave your post title and link in the comment section so that others can enjoy what you’ve written. Be sure to share your posts in Facebook, Twitter, and other social media!
Background: In honor of Words Matter Week, a holiday that is celebrated annually the first full week in March, the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE) is hosting a Blog Challenge with a specific daily topic Monday through Friday.
Each blogger that posts a response to each day’s challenge (a total of five posts) will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift card to Amazon.com. The winner will be announced in the next issue of The Edge, NAIWE’s e-mail newsletter. (If you don’t receive it yet, you may subscribe at the NAIWE homepage).
Remember to write the post on your own blog, adding a link to this post. Return to this page and add a comment on this post, with the title of your response and a link to your post.
“It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes of his mind on the hop.”
~Vita Sackville-West
Here’s my post for day 5:
http://tinyurl.com/69lzbgr
Day 5: Captivating Words.
http://releaseyourwriting.blogspot.com/2011/03/day-5-words-matter-challenge.html
Thanks for this week-long challenge. Enjoyed it !
Words Matter Week – Challenge 5
http://wp.me/p1l0uT-6c
Day five, a look at a writer who has captivated me across genres.
http://kristinoffiler.wordpress.com/2011/03/11/words-matter-2011-day-5-blog-challenge/
It didn’t take long to choose a writer whose wordsmithing I love. However, as soon as the choice is made, many others come to mind, but for once, I stuck with a single choice: http://wordsintobooks.com/2011/03/words-matter-week-2011-day-5-most-captivating-writer/
Just gave a heads-up to two authors at The Word Place–one from the past, one from the present. http://www.judythewordplace.blogspot.com
I posted. And I have to run:
Words Matter Week: Captivating
http://debrakb.blogspot.com/2011/03/words-matter-week-captivating.html
Here’s my last post: http://www.bowofbronze.com/amysblog/2011/03/words-matter-week-favorite-author/
I’m so glad I finished the challenge! Thanks for giving us some cool stuff to blog about all week! Blessings,
Amy B
Hello,
Thanks to a webinar I attended yesterday, I have learned about NAIWE! Carol Tice and Angie Atkinson shared name of group.
Will look forward to learning more about this organization for writers.
Patricia
This has been a lot of fun and gave me a chance to do a little writing on my blog I normally don’t have time to do. Thanks for the opportunity to participate!
http://lumorgan.blogspot.com/2011/03/words-matter-week-day-5.html
What a great, great week!
http://mysolviturambulando.com/2011/03/07/why-words-matter-challenge—day-1.aspx
I am really looking forward to setting aside some time this weekend to go through all the challenge posts! What a fun challenge, & a great way to connect with other writers. Good times
“Writers Use Words To Captivate Us In Different Ways”
http://writingspark.com/2011/03/11/writers-use-words-to-captivate-us-in-different-ways/
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The old ladies still do it for me: http://landguppy.com/eatreadandbeharried/?p=188
Here’s my most captivating writer: http://wingedword.wordpress.com/
Thanks for the challenges! This was fun!
http://wordzeal.com/words-matter-week-wonder-words-day-5
Just adding my “Words Matter” posts…thanks for the adventure…
http://johnbjamison.wordpress.com/
John