I honestly didn't think about it at the time. I chose one of the ones that defaulted. I didn't actually consider writing as a career or skill path until his wants brought it to my attention, my original goal was to have him be a gardener, but I knew writing would be more profitable, and with his bookworm trait (so he could learn his gardening skill faster), came his desire to write, so I went with it.
I think one think I will need to change about my mindset and this challenge is my tendency to have well rounded sims. I've always had somewhat of a specialty for all of my sims in the past, but still generally like them all also to be well rounded and not held in one spot. However with this challenge, my way of thinking will definitely need to change