Each prompt below rewrites text for one reason: clearer, shorter, longer, for a different reader, in another format or in another tone. All of them keep your facts and mark a gap instead of filling it. Under the prompts: how to ask for a rewrite in your own words, and what to check before you use one.
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Turn one piece into another format, a blog post into a LinkedIn post, a transcript into an article, notes into an email, keeping the substance.
You fill in current formatnew formatwhere it will be published+1 more
Rewrite the same content for a different reader, such as an engineer's update for executives or a policy for customers, changing emphasis, not facts.
You fill in the original readerthe new readerdecide, approve, follow…+1 more
Expand short notes or a thin draft to the length you need by developing what is already there, with every missing fact marked instead of invented.
You fill in a blog section, an email…numberwho reads it+1 more
Rewrite an outdated blog post so it reads current, with every claim that may have expired flagged for checking instead of guessed at.
You fill in datethe search querylist it+1 more
Paste a paragraph and get three rewrites, close, clearer and shorter, with every fact kept and a note on what each version changed.
You fill in where it appears, e.g. the…paste the paragraph here
Rewrite manufacturer product copy into your own description for your store, built on the real specs, with no invented features or claims.
You fill in buyerbrand voicenumber+1 more
Rewrite a rushed, rambling or too-blunt work email into a clear, professional one with the ask up front, the facts unchanged and two subject lines.
You fill in who it goes to and your…the action and the deadlinepaste the draft here
Rewrite any text for a chosen reading level, from a sixth grader to a non-native speaker, keeping the facts and explaining every term you keep.
You fill in the reader and their levelpaste the text here
Compare a rewritten text with its original and list every changed fact, number, lost caveat, added claim and shifted meaning before you publish.
You fill in paste the originalpaste the rewritten version
Rewrite one stubborn sentence five different ways, each labelled by what it does, so you can pick the version that fits your paragraph.
You fill in clunky, too formal, too longpaste the sentence hereoptional, paste them here
Paraphrase a passage you are quoting from in your own words, check it is not too close to the original, and get the citation reminder right.
You fill in author, title, year, pageAPA, MLA, Chicagopoint+1 more
Cut any text to an exact word count without losing the point, with a list of what was removed so you can put back anything that mattered.
You fill in numberanything that has to staypaste the text here
Rewrite a flat, obviously generated draft into natural prose that keeps every fact and reads like a person wrote it in one sitting.
You fill in who it is forpaste the draft here
Rewrite a stiff or over polite email so it sounds like a colleague wrote it in two minutes, with the ask still perfectly clear.
You fill in who it goes to, and how well…paste the draft here
Turn your resume into a LinkedIn profile: five headlines, an About section in your own voice, role descriptions and a ranked skills list.
You fill in target role or clientpaste your resume here
Turn corporate or technical writing into plain English a busy reader understands, keeping the terms that genuinely have no substitute.
You fill in who has to read itpaste the text here
Turn tired job duties into achievement-focused resume bullets with strong verbs, honest facts and clear flags where you still need to add a number.
You fill in job titleindustrypaste your current resume…
Paste any email or message and ChatGPT rewrites it at the formality and warmth you choose, lists every wording change…
You fill in paste your email here
«Rewrite this» is easy to type and hard to get a good answer to. The model has to guess what is wrong with the text, so it changes everything: the words you chose on purpose, the length, the tone, sometimes the facts. A rewrite request works when it answers five questions before ChatGPT has to guess.
Put together, a request you can type from memory looks like this:
Rewrite the text below so it is [the one thing that is wrong]. Keep every number, date, name and commitment exactly as written. The reader is [who], and they need to [what they do with it]. Keep it to about [number] words. Return the rewrite, then a numbered list of what you changed and why. [paste the text]
Every prompt on this page is that pattern worked out for one job, with the rules that job needs already written in. The Text Shortener knows what to cut first; the New Audience Rewriter tells you what the new reader cares about before it starts.
| You want to | Use | What you get back |
|---|---|---|
| Fix one paragraph | Paragraph Rewriter | Three versions: close, clearer, shorter |
| Fix one sentence that will not sit right | Sentence Rewriter | Five versions, each labelled by what it does |
| Make a work email clear and professional | Professional Email Rewriter | The email, two subject lines, a pre-send check |
| Make an email sound less stiff | Casual Email Rewriter | The email as a colleague would type it |
| Change the tone | Tone Adjuster | The text at the formality and warmth you set |
| Hit a word count | Text Shortener or Notes Expander | The text, the count, and what was cut or needs adding |
| Make it easier to read | Plain English Rewriter or Reading Level Rewriter | The text without jargon, or at a set reading level |
| Rewrite for someone else | New Audience Rewriter | The same facts, led by what the new reader needs |
| Turn it into another format | Format Converter | A post, an email, a script or an article from your source |
| Make an AI draft sound like a person | AI Draft Rewriter | Natural prose, and the habits that were removed |
| Paraphrase a source for an essay | Source Paraphraser | Two paraphrases, an overlap check, the citation |
| Update an old blog post | Old Article Refresher | An audit of dated claims, then the refreshed article |
| Replace supplier product copy | Product Description Rewriter | An original description built on the real specs |
| Rewrite a resume or LinkedIn profile | Resume Bullet Rewriter, LinkedIn Profile Rewriter | Bullets and sections built on your results |
| Check a rewrite before you use it | Rewrite Fact Checker | Every changed fact, lost caveat and added claim |
This is the kind of paragraph that gets pasted into ChatGPT with «rewrite this»: an internal notice, correct but hard to act on.
In order to ensure that all team members are able to access the new reporting dashboard, it is important to note that, as of March 3, login will require two-factor authentication, which may potentially cause some delays for users who have not yet set up the authenticator app, so we would recommend that everyone completes the setup process at their earliest convenience, ideally before the end of February.
The Paragraph Rewriter asks for three shapes of the same paragraph. We wrote these three by hand to show what each shape means, and they are what to expect from it:
To make sure everyone can reach the new reporting dashboard: from March 3, login will require two-factor authentication. If you have not set up the authenticator app yet, this may cause delays, so please finish the setup before the end of February.
Please set up the authenticator app before the end of February. From March 3, the reporting dashboard will require two-factor authentication to log in, and anyone who has not set it up may be delayed getting in.
From March 3, the reporting dashboard needs two-factor login. Set up the authenticator app by the end of February to avoid delays.
Look at what survived in all three: the date, the deadline, and the word may. A careless rewrite turns «may cause some delays» into «will lock you out», which is a different message. The clearer version also moves the action to the front, because the action is what the reader came for. Which version is right depends on where the paragraph goes, which is why the prompt asks where it will appear.
The first rewrite is rarely the last. You do not need a new prompt to correct it; one line in the same chat is enough.
| The rewrite is | Reply with |
|---|---|
| Too formal | Rewrite it the way I would say it to a colleague I like. Keep the facts. |
| Too long | Cut it to [number] words. Tell me what you removed. |
| Not like me | Here are two paragraphs I wrote: [paste]. Match their sentence length and vocabulary. |
| Changed too much | Go back to my original and change only the sentences that are unclear. List each change. |
| Full of words nobody uses | Remove words like crucial, delve, robust and seamless. Use the plain word instead. |
| Different from the original in places | Compare your rewrite with my original and list every fact, number or caveat that changed. |
| Almost right | Keep version 2, but use the opening of version 3. |
Rewriting looks like the safest thing to ask a language model, since all the information is already on the page. It still goes wrong in the same few ways, and knowing them is most of the checking.
For anything that goes out under your name, run the Rewrite Fact Checker on the original and the rewrite together. It does not judge style; it lists what changed in meaning, which is the part you cannot see by rereading the new version alone.
A rewrite changes the wording, not the authorship. Rewriting your own old text is editing. Rewriting someone else’s article so it reads differently is still using their work, and it needs a credit or a link wherever the ideas, the structure or the examples are theirs. For essays and research, paraphrase to show you understood the source and cite it anyway: the Source Paraphraser checks that no long phrase is still identical to the original and gives you the citation.
AI detectors are a separate question. They estimate whether text reads as machine-written, they disagree with each other, and they get both kinds of mistake: human writing flagged, AI writing passed. A rewrite will not reliably move a score in either direction. If an AI-assisted draft sounds generic, the fix is the one an editor would make: specific details, varied sentences, your own opinion. The humanize prompts do that, and our AI detectors page explains how the checkers work.
These prompts are plain text and work in all three, and in most other chat models. The differences that matter for rewriting are practical. In ChatGPT, canvas opens the text beside the chat so you can select one paragraph and ask for a change to just that part. Claude takes long documents in one message, which helps when a rewrite has to stay consistent across many pages. Gemini sits inside Google Docs and Gmail, so a rewrite can happen where the text already lives. For a long document in any of them, rewrite section by section with the same prompt at the top of each message; the result is more consistent than one huge request.
Yes. Every prompt on this page is plain text and runs on the free plan. The limit you meet first is length: a free account falls back to a smaller model after a number of messages, and a long document may need to go in section by section. Paste one section per message and keep the same prompt at the top of each.
Tell it what to keep, not just what to fix. Paste two or three paragraphs you wrote and are happy with, say they are the voice to match, and ask it to list each change with a reason so you can reject the ones that do not sound like you. The Paragraph Rewriter and Sentence Rewriter both keep the register of the original, and the Tone Adjuster lets you set formality and warmth on a scale.
Changing the words does not change who had the ideas. If the structure, the argument or the examples come from one source, credit it, whatever the wording. For study and research, the Source Paraphraser checks that the wording is far enough from the original and shows the citation. For your own old text, rewrite freely.
Models count words badly while they write. Ask for the count to be reported at the end, as the Text Shortener does, and if it is off by more than you can accept, reply with the number and ask for one more pass. Cutting from a longer draft lands closer to a target than writing up to it.
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