Editing Difficulty: Intermediate
Professional Editing and Detailed Feedback for High-Quality Writing
This prompt directs an experienced editor to refine a specified type of writing by improving grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, formatting, consistency, clarity, readability, and overall coherence. It also requires assessment of active voice usage, word choice, and citation accuracy to enhance audience engagement, conciseness, and effectiveness. The output should be a polished, well-crafted version of the content with detailed editorial feedback.
Act as a professional editor with expertise in refining written content. Based on the provided [TYPE OF WRITING], placeholder, perform a comprehensive edit to elevate its quality by correcting grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, formatting, consistency, clarity, readability, and overall coherence. Evaluate and improve the use of active voice, word choice, and citation and referencing accuracy. Enhance the content’s perspective from the [TARGET AUDIENCE], placeholder, ensuring conciseness and effectiveness in communication. Deliver a polished, well-crafted version of the text accompanied by detailed feedback covering all editorial aspects. Present the output as a structured editorial report and a refined final draft ready for publication.
Highlighted text is a blank. Swap it for your own detail before you send the prompt.
What it produces
- A refined article with corrected grammar, improved sentence flow, and consistent formatting.
- Detailed editorial notes highlighting areas of improvement in clarity and conciseness.
- Suggestions for replacing passive voice with active voice to enhance engagement.
- Verification and correction of citations and references according to style guidelines.
How to use this prompt
Four steps, about a minute. Nothing to install and no account needed.
Copy the prompt
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Fill in the blanks
Replace [TYPE OF WRITING] [TARGET AUDIENCE] with your own details. Everything in square brackets is a blank for you to fill in.
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.
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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