Nope, you placed it in the right spot.
Wedding photography is a bitch. Either you love it, or you hate it, there is no middle ground. You need a good flash, decent camera, lighting, assistant if you can find one, and as many memory cards as you can carry.
First you have to photograph the bride getting ready. The dress, the shoes, the makeup, the hair--all of it. Because brides put a lot of money into these things, and they want them documented. You need to get them putting the dress on, putting the makeup on, the girls all being foolish as they get ready, ect. And you also want to cover a bit of the men, but since men aren't as emotional as women, you don't need to cover as much.
Then you have to cover the ceremony. And depending on if you're a traditional or photojournalistic wedding photographer depends on if you will take photos during the actual ceremony, or stage it right after everyone goes outside for the congratulations and such. But you have to get photos of this, and every good photographer knows that the moment before the kiss is better then the actual kiss itself. There's more expression, and it looks much cleaner. But photographing both isn't necessarily a bad thing.
You also have to do formals. This is where you have to set up Mom and Dad with the bride and groom respectively, all the bridesmaids, groomsmen, maid of honor, best man, ect with the bride and groom, and you also have to get a group photo. During the formals is when you're going to want lighting, so that you can make sure it's even and controlled. This is also where an assistant is very handy. Normally you have anywhere from an hour to an hour and a half to get these, since if the bride and groom don't make the reception on time, it will damage your reputation.
However, you have to beat them to the reception. So what most photographers do, is go there first while the bride is doing her finishing touches. Why do you have to beat them there? Because as a wedding photographer, you must be a generalist. You need shots of the room all set up, the cake, the lighting, everything. And before the wedding you need shots of the rings and such.
During the reception you need to get them cutting the cake, sharing their first bites, and thankfully that's about it.
But! Don't forget shots of the church from the outside and inside as well.
You must be very detailed during this time, because brides want everything covered. They want these memories preserved in pristine detail. And you're responsible for it. There's a reason wedding photographers get paid good money. It's a stressful job!
The fun doesn't end at the wedding day though. After that, you have to go home, select which photos are good and what aren't, retouch them all, and then send the bride their proofs. You have no more than a week for this. After that, they need an album, to be printed, ect.
So if you can't tell, there's a lot of preliminary discussion before hand.
Then there's the engagement portraits. These are easy compared to wedding photography.
There are two types. Either just couple shots, or boudoir photos.
Couple shots are pretty self explanatory. They use either an indoor or outdoor setting, appropriate lighting, and good posing. Get the shots, get them retouched, send the proofs, make the prints.
Boudoir photos are kind of like sexy photos of the lady to give to her man. I don't think I need to go over that much more, except to say they're not usually nudes.
Hope that helps.
Good luck to you both in Nanowrimo!
Good luck to both of you with yours'.