brevity prompts
8 prompts tagged brevity, drawn from 4 categories. All free to copy, and all editable once they are in your own library.
- Shorter CV summaryA profile paragraph that says nothing your job titles do not already say.Shortðž CV & career
- Halve the words on this screenInterface copy that grew one clause at a time through review.ShortðĻ Design & UX
- Cut this email in halfYou wrote five paragraphs and the ask is somewhere in paragraph four.Longâïļ Email & messages
- Halve this, keep every factA message that grew a paragraph at a time while you were writing it.Shortâïļ Email & messages
- Reply to this in one lineA message that needs answering, not a thread that needs extending.Shortâïļ Email & messages
- Rewrite this for a phone screenA long message going to someone who reads everything on the move.Mediumâïļ Email & messages
- Summarise this in three linesA long call you need to hand to someone in one message.Shortð Meetings & notes
- One-line statusA stakeholder asks how it is going and wants the honest one-liner.Shortð Meetings & notes
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