Can I flag while composing a Mail message?

In Mail, I've set up a Smart Folder called "Awaiting Response". When I send out a Mail message which I want to track for response, I go into the Sent folder and flag it. The criteria for the "Awaiting Response" are Sent and Flagged.
This would be easier if I could flag the message while I'm composing it (so I wouldn't have to send it and then go into the Sent folder to flag it) but while composing a message I see that Mark/As Flagged is grayed out.
Is there any other way I can flag a message so it goes automatically into this smart folder?
(I tried putting a unique string in the subject line, but then all the replies that keep that subject go into the smart folder as well, and I didn't want that.)
Thanks in advance ...

Roger,
I'm not sure how you would easily accomplish this just using Mail. But I want to make sure you know about MailTags, a wonderful mail add-on that makes this very easy.
When I'm writing a mail I can instantly "tag" it as "action", "waiting" or any other category I want to assign, and with smart folders set up it will go to the right place.
MailTags also allows you do to much more, like attach notes to your received mail, create to dos/calendar events easily...it's really a worthwhile investment at $30.

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