Is Blogging Writing?

On one hand, of course it is. A blogger strings words together just like a fiction writer does. The words add up if you're writing in a blog or a story or a novel.

But if you're counting words toward a goal, I always wonder if I should have blogging in a different category as those other projects. One thousand words toward my blog, especially like I've been posting lately, could give me over a week's worth of small blurbs. Usually it's only two if I write them ahead, but it gets away from me.

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