Editing Difficulty: Intermediate

Text Clarity and Conciseness Improvement

This prompt guides a rewriting expert to enhance the clarity and conciseness of a given text. The expert will assess the existing content, identify areas for simplification, and restructure sentences while preserving the original meaning. The goal is to produce a clear, concise, and coherent version of the original text.

The prompt

53 words1 blank to fill in

Act as a professional rewriting expert with expertise in text clarity and conciseness. Based on the provided [TEXT], placeholder, assess the content to identify areas for simplification and clarification. Restructure sentences as necessary while maintaining the original meaning. Deliver a final product that is a clear, concise, and coherent version of the original text.

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

What it produces

  • Original: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Revised: The quick fox jumps over the lazy dog.
  • Original: In the event that it rains, we will cancel the picnic. Revised: If it rains, we will cancel the picnic.
  • Original: The reason for the delay was due to unforeseen circumstances. Revised: The delay was due to unforeseen circumstances.

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] with your own detail. 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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