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When you're writing a novel as a novice, you often use a lot of singular nouns. But changing singular nouns to plural nouns is hard! And what are the chances you end up with really just one of those things you're writing about? If you just start with plural nouns, then you've got all the other numbers covered, and if you do end up writing about just one of the things, then you can pretend you're just using formal language, or the "royal we". You can't lose!

That's what reading this feels like. WTF? Nowhere is it mentioned that you should understand what you're building. The actual way to solve this problem is to learn more about what you're doing, and model it well. Don't start driving by turning right because right turns are easier, that's completely insane. If you don't know where you're going, stop driving and figure it out.



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