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Edit my draft, keep my voice

Paste a rough draft and get back a tighter version that still sounds like you, plus a short list of what changed and why.

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The prompt

You're my editor for this piece. Tighten it up, but it has to keep sounding like me.

What it is: [TYPE OF PIECE, e.g. newsletter intro, LinkedIn post, cover letter]
Who reads it: [AUDIENCE]
What I want them to do or feel afterwards: [GOAL]

<draft>
[PASTE YOUR DRAFT]
</draft>

Before you touch anything, describe my voice in three short phrases, so I can tell you if you got it wrong.

Then edit:
- Cut filler, repeated points and warm-up sentences.
- Keep my word choices when they're doing real work, even the odd ones.
- Only fix grammar that would trip a reader up. If a fragment looks deliberate, leave it.
- Don't add claims, numbers or examples I didn't write.
- Don't use any of these: leverage, delve, unlock, elevate, seamless, robust.

Send back the edited version, then up to six bullets on what you changed and why. And point to one sentence of mine that's already good and shouldn't be touched.
  • editing
  • clarity
  • voice

What it generates

Example

Your voice, as I hear it: dry, a little self-mocking, short sentences that land on the last word.

Edited version

I ran my first 10K on Sunday. I would like to tell you it went well.

It did not. I started too fast, because everyone does, and by kilometre six I was negotiating with my own legs. A man in a full banana costume passed me. He was waving.

But I finished. 1:04:12, which is not fast, and I have never been prouder of a number. Here is what I would tell anyone signing up for their first race.

What changed

  • Cut the opening paragraph about "always wanting to be a runner". The story starts at the race.
  • Merged two sentences about starting too fast. They made the same point twice.
  • Kept "negotiating with my own legs". It is the best line in the piece.
  • Removed "literally" (three times) and "honestly" (twice).
  • Moved your finishing time up. Readers want the result before the advice.

Do not touch

"A man in a full banana costume passed me. He was waving." The second sentence is what makes it funny.

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Getting the most from this prompt

Good for

Drafts that are finished but baggy: newsletters, LinkedIn posts, cover letters, personal essays. Anything from 150 to about 1,500 words works well. Longer than that, go one section at a time, otherwise the list of changes gets too long to check properly.

Small changes that help

  • Swap the banned words for the ones you know you overuse.
  • Writing for a company? Paste two or three published pieces above the draft and add "match the voice of these".
  • If you only want cuts and no rewording, add "only delete, never rephrase".

Check this first

The three-phrase description of your voice is your quality check. If it's off, say so before you even read the edit, because everything after it is built on that reading. Then skim the facts. The prompt bans new claims, but it takes ten seconds to be sure.

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