Gender Neutral Instructions: Tighten your prose

  1. Talk about everyone
  2. Gender Neutral Instructions
  3. Use the non-plural “they”.

Lots of pronouns referring back to an original noun can be an indication of too many sentences. Instead of saying “Take, for example, a character with a 15 intelligence. He can learn 42 languages. He can dance a jig at +5,” try saying “For example, a character with a 15 intelligence can learn 42 languages and dance a jig at +5”.

  1. Talk about everyone
  2. Gender Neutral Instructions
  3. Use the non-plural “they”.