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All good advice, except:

f) Avoid using gender-specific terminology

The convoluted language necessary to do this can make things worse. This sounds more like being politically correct than anything else.

Also, I personally hate chapter headings stated in the form of questions. Whenever I see that, I know the next section will be full of useless "don't worry" platitudes.



A lot of the convolution goes away if you embrace the third-person singular "they". It sounds odd at first but I'm slowly adjusting to it as I hear it more and more.




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