After graduating at the top of her class, Hsia sent a script to the Taiwan Television Enterprise, which was accepted, putting her on the way to becoming a professional scriptwriter.
有一天她接到台視導播黃以功的電話，說是看了她的劇本，覺得寫得很好，對她勉勵有加。從此，夏美華就正式走上編劇的路。