Book & Ebook Writing Difficulty: Intermediate

Ebook Text Review and Revision

This prompt guides users to enhance the clarity and coherence of a text from an ebook. It emphasizes simplifying complex sentences, breaking down jargon, restructuring paragraphs, and ensuring a consistent tone suitable for the target audience.

The prompt

74 words2 blanks to fill in

Act as a professional editor with expertise in narrative development. Based on the provided [TEXT], placeholder, meticulously review and revise it to ensure smooth narrative flow and easy understanding for the [TARGET AUDIENCE], placeholder. Focus on simplifying complex sentences, breaking down jargon into layman’s terms, and restructuring paragraphs for improved coherence. Maintain a consistent tone that is appropriate for the intended readers. Present the output as a polished version of the original text, ready for publication.

Highlighted text is a blank. Swap it for your own detail before you send the prompt.

What it produces

  • Revised text with simplified language and improved coherence.
  • A polished version of the original text, ready for publication.
  • Consistent tone maintained throughout the revised narrative.

How to use this prompt

Four steps, about a minute. Nothing to install and no account needed.

  1. Copy the prompt

    Use the Copy button above. The whole prompt goes to your clipboard exactly as written. Nothing is trimmed.

  2. Fill in the blanks

    Replace [TEXT] [TARGET AUDIENCE] with your own details. Everything in square brackets is a blank for you to fill in.

  3. Paste it into your assistant

    Checked against ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini. It is written as plain instructions, so paste it into whichever of them you already use.

  4. Read the result, then push back

    Compare what you get to the example below. If it is close but not right, say what to change: shorter, warmer, more specific, then ask again in the same conversation.

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