Conversation so far:
What were Emily Dickinson's teenage years like?
Emily Dickinson was troubled from a young age by the deepening menace of death, especially the deaths of those who were close to her.
Where did Emily Dickinson go to school?
Dickinson began attending Mary Lyon's Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (which later became Mount Holyoke College) in South Hadley.

Question: When did she start writing?
Self-contained rewrite: When did Emily Dickinson start writing?