Freelance writing

I found the class on freelance writing intriguing. I have never viewed myself as a writer and would never have thought about writing articles to make money, but the class raised my interest a bit. I don’t believe I would ever want to write concerning career based subjects, I enjoy engineering, but I would rather work on projects than write about them. Maybe if it was a project I was invested in or involved in some way, I may feel the urge to attempt to get an article published about it. But for the most part that isn’t my thing. I got to thinking though, I am a amateur photographer and though I have thought about going into it as a career I always felt that it would take away some of the pleasure of the art if I was depending on it to provide a paycheck. The same thing for freelance writing, I don’t think I would write about work or career related topics, I deal with those every day, why would I want to write about them once I get home? Activities and hobbies I enjoy on the other hand, I think I could write about them. For example, I have been dancing for over 7 years; I range from swing dances to ballroom and many in between. In particular I have been getting involved in blues dancing over the last year and I would have no problems writing an article about the dance, events in the area or just about the scene itself. So even though I wouldn’t see myself as a writer, I think if it was about a hobby or interest that I have, it might be enough to tempt me off the bench and into the world of freelance writing.