So far, however, she's faced constant rejection but at least one professor, Freddy (IAN BOHEN), has offered to help her through his critiques of her latest drafts, saying she should include her personal experiences in her work. She believes nothing's happened so far in her life, but as we see various flashbacks to her earlier years -- both as a young kid and then as a teen along with Beth (ALLIE JENNINGS), Meg (MELANIE STONE), and preteen Amy (ELISE CLAIRE JONES at that age, and TAYLOR MURPHY as a young adult later) -- the evidence suggests otherwise.

That includes when teenager Laurie (LUCAS GRABEEL) moved into the neighborhood to live with his wealthy grandfather, Mr. Lawrence (MICHAEL FLYNN), following the car accident deaths of his parents, and was tutored by John Brooke (STUART EDGE), thus drawing the attention of the March girls. As the story jumps back and forth through various periods of the sisters' lives, we see how their relationships with each other and those outside the family evolve, all of which ultimately provides source material for Jo's latest work.