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Jan and Joanna Started It

If you recall Jan of Circular Communication wrote a wonderful guest post for Lorelle called Why A Link Post Should Be Like Mingling at a Party, and Joanna of Confident Writing used it as a springboard into a post of her own, How to write a links post. Joanna set out a list of criteria for writing quality, readable posts that link out.

I wrote up Joanna’s criteria and offered a challenge in a post of my own. The challenge said that I would take all of the link posts that readers wrote and use them to write a link story from them. Last night was the deadline to get your link post in.

It’s been hard keeping track of the individual posts. So, just to be sure that I’ve got everyone’s post before I start writing, I’m going to list them here. Do take a moment to read through them. I’ve found them to be some of the most billiant writing on the Internet.

Links Post Entries

Thank you to all who played along.

Fan the Flames

Error Retrieving What You Wished For! Retry? Y/N by Alina

Weekly Wrap-up: War on Clutter by Michael

Shared Answers – Final Roundup & the Winner by Yvonne Russell

How to Best Pitch Bloggers – a Virtual Group Interview by Jan

Why go out and Play when you can be Inside Blogging? by Andrea

A learning whirlpool by Anastasia

How to read feeds without driving yourself mad by Joanna

Blog writing with a purpose by Joanna

I’m just writing to say thanks by Joanna

When writing means spirit spilling by Joanna

Linking with intention by Joanna

Why Writing a Link Post Should Be Like Planning a Party by Jan

Google and the Privacy Dilemma by Brad

A New Week by Jon

I’ll give this a day. Please, if you don’t see yours here, leave the link in the comment box below. Thank you. I don’t want to leave anyone out . . . and you don’t want to make my quest too easy. You see . . .

Now my challenge, should decide I wish to keep blogging here, is to do as I promised — write a story post linking all of these thematic link posts together in the tradition of 301 Link Posts in a Story.

What was I thinking when I volunteered to do that? Actually, coming up with tale about these should be fun!

Anyone want to offer some character names and a setting or two?

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!

Update: This now includes Jnswanson’s entry. Is yours Here?

Jan and Joanna Inspired Me!

It’s such fun to be inspired!

Joanna’s Definition of a Great Link Post

Joanna said that as a writer she prefers to write link posts that have these characteristics. This is one fabulous definition. [I’ve edited her words slightly.]

A great links post

has a theme, something that connects the links together

has been percolating for a while

links five different pieces of writing

is of value to readers

has a structure, a hook or a theme that connects the strands together and turns them into something bigger, different, new. . .

Can you write a thematic link post that meets Joanna’s definition? It’s like telling a story. . . . Vern does it every Sunday linking three or four blogs. It’s not as hard as it seems and it’s quite satisfying.

Are you up for the challenge? If you come through, I’ll build a story link post linking all of your thematic link posts together.

Go on, make my life miserable . . . the more who participate, the more work I’ll have to do. Rally a crowd. I’m up for it now. Nothing can be as hard as the 10 Chapter saga of A List Becomes 301 Links in Story.

Here’s What to Do

Write a link post that follows Joanna’s definition above.

Tag the post Joanna Young.

Link to Joanna’s post at http://coachingwizardry.typepad.com/confident_writing/2007/08/link-posting-sh.html

Link to this post at https://www.successful-blog.com/1/writing-challenge-joannas-thematic-link-post/
That way I can include you my link post response.

Today is August 13th, let’s put the end at midnight CDT (GMT-6) August 23rd.

C’mon try it. Pick five links that go together. Then write a post to connect them. Or pick 10 or 20!!

You just might find that you had a great time! Think of the link love we’ll spread. Yeah, it’s time to get jazzed about linking and writing.

Are you going to give it a shot?