What do you do when the girl you want to marry has her sights set on another man? Do you try to change her mind while she is still undecided? Do you pursue her even harder? Do you keep trying until she walks down the aisle? Or do you change horses, and if you do, what is the outcome?
I almost always start out with a story question, then write the story to answer the question. This one was: What happens when the girl you love happens to love someone else? A contemporary short story about a young rancher who has his eye set on a lady veterinarian.