Soon after she graduated from the Minchuan Girls 'Commercial College in Taipei, Hsia married, and as a housewife, often found herself dissatisfied with the quality of television programs she watched.
那時她為一家月刊寫小說，寫的不外乎是些年輕女孩的想法、生活，也沒有把寫作當做是件嚴肅的事。由商轉文，從事編劇工作銘傳畢業後，夏美華在一家洋行當秘書，不久就結婚了。