Hyperlink to word documents so that they are editable?

Whenever I hyperlink to an Office document using anchor "<A>" tag, no one can edit the documents. However, if I go into the backend and open the documents using SharePoint's context menu, I get the option to edit documents. Does anyone know how to bypass this problem? I know SharePoint uses javascript to open office documents but is there a work around with plain old HTML?

I get the below prompt when I open word document from document library's interface:

How can I open a word document using a plain old hyperlink tag that would let me edit it? Every time I open it, it is in read-only mode and there is no way for me to change it.

Thanks