Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.
“The moment the curtain rose on that first ballet, I knew something wonderful and new had come into my life. I can still see the first scene. The ballet was Divertimento No. 15.”
“I believe that behind both the person who weighs 400 pounds and the one who weighs 85 there is a lot of baggage, and it has nothing to do with their bodies.”