You might think writing fictional stories is just a hobby, a way for you to get creative.

And freelance blogging is a serious, entirely non-fictional business.

But the truth is, making up stories helps you craft better blog posts. They may be different in form, but fiction and blogging are the same in other ways.

Fiction entertains, educates and inspires. So does blogging.

The principles you use in writing fiction also apply to blogging. So do many of the writing techniques. 

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