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<title>For the Love of Words: Seven Wonderful Websites Where Words Matter</title>
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<![CDATA[																<p>For passionate writers around the world, choosing the right words to communicate are more than just clever wordplay, it's an obsession. Wordsmiths who routinely exercise their extraordinary vocabulary are continually positioned to learn new words, thus making them outstanding communicators.</p>
 
<h3><a href="http://www.wordspy.com" target="_blank">Word Spy</a></h3>
 
<p>Devoted to lexpionage, “The sleuthing of new words and phrases”.</p>
 
<h3><a href="http://www.rhymer.com" target="_blank">Write Express</a></h3>
 
<p>WriteExpress is a comprehensive rhymer's dictionary that consists of more than 93,000 words. Perfect for poets and songwriters in need of that one right word to complete a masterpiece.</p>
 
<h3><a href="http://wordie.org" target="_blank">Wordie</a></h3>
 
<p>Wordie lets you make lists of words and phrases that you love or you hate, so that you can share them with other Wordies on the site. This is the first social networking website that I have seen that is dedicated to people that live to love words.</p>
 
<h3><a href="http://www.confusingwords.com" target="_blank">Confusing Words</a></h3>
 
<p>The English language is one of the most difficult languages to learn in the world and here at Confusing Words the reason why is apparent. Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that sound alike, but are spelled and used differently. A great website for both readers and writers to learn the difference and stop being a confused word victim.</p>
 
<h3><a href="http://www.virtualsalt.com/vocablst.htm" target="_blank">Virtual Salt</a></h3>
 
<p>Here word lovers discover a 1062-word vocabulary that is practical for everyday usage. The list emphasizes words that are needed to build a functional foundation for a comprehensive vocabulary.</p>
 
<h3><a href="http://www.100words.com/about.php" target="_blank">100 Words</a></h3>
 
<p>Write 100 words a day, every day, for one month and you can write about “Anything”. 100Words is an exercise in disciplined creativity that challenges talented writers and wordsmiths to writing exactly 100 words at a time (and making those words that are used make sense in the process), not a single word more, not a single word less.</p>
 
<h3><a href="http://www.101words.org" target="_blank">101 Words</a></h3>
 
<p>Here writers write 101 word short stories as an exercise in creative discipline and clever wordplay. So really, the more words that you know, then the better you'll do in an exercise like this. A good story needs to process an interesting beginning, a captivating middle and an explosive ending.</p>
 
<p>”Words matter and unleash a wave of power that is unimaginable to those who don't process the power of the vocabulary.” - Nelson Doyle</p>														<a href="http://www.pheedo.com/click.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.writinghood.com%2FOnline-Writing%2FFor-the-Love-of-Words-Seven-Wonderful-Websites-Where-Words-Matter.85516"><img src="http://www.pheedo.com/img.phdo?x=&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.writinghood.com%2FOnline-Writing%2FFor-the-Love-of-Words-Seven-Wonderful-Websites-Where-Words-Matter.85516" border="0"/></a>]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 06:56:58 PST</pubDate></item>
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