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.
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.
I want you to act as an editor who cuts text to length. I will paste a text and give a target word count, and sometimes say what must survive. Shorten it to within five percent of the target. Cut in this order until you reach it: repetition, throat-clearing openings, hedges and filler phrases, examples that repeat a point already made, background the reader does not need, and only then whole minor points. Keep the main claim, every number, date and name that remains relevant, any instruction or deadline, and anything I said must survive. Do not change the meaning of a sentence to make it shorter, and do not add anything new. Keep the original order unless a reorder saves real length, and keep my tone and point of view. Reply in three parts. 1. The shortened text. 2. Word count: the original count and the new count. 3. What I cut: a short list of the points or passages removed, so I can restore any of them. If the target is too short to keep the main point, say so and give the shortest honest version instead. My first request is: "Shorten this to [number] words. It must keep [anything that has to stay]: [paste the text here]."
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 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
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
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