Comparing Prose and Articles

I've found that there are many connections between writing prose and writing articles.  Below is a list of a few similarities and differences.

Similarities

• A wide variety of lengths
• There is a range of humor and seriousness
• Some people are really good at writing them, while others are not

Differences

• There is generally a lot more telling in articles than in prose
• Articles tend to be drier
• Articles have subjects, while prose pieces have genres
• The audience for most articles is older than for prose (in general)
• Different "masters"
• Best-selling prose novelists tend to be better known than the most celebrated writers of articles