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Cut this by 30% without losing meaning
Any draft that says what you mean but takes too long to say it.
Cut the text below by about 30%. Keep every idea. Lose the words carrying them inefficiently. Target in this order: 1. Hedges and throat-clearing: "I think", "it seems that", "in order to", "the fact that", "basically", "really". 2. Sentences that restate the previous sentence. 3. Adverbs and intensifiers doing no work. 4. Nominalisations: "make a decision" becomes "decide", "provide assistance" becomes "help". 5. Whole sentences that exist only to introduce the next one. Return the edited version first. Then a short list: what you cut and why. If a passage is already tight, leave it and say so rather than rewriting it to look busy. Text:
Making it yours
- Paste your own material where the prompt asks for it. Everything above that line is instruction, not content.
- Delete any rule that does not apply to you. A shorter prompt that fits beats a thorough one that does not.
- If the answer comes back vague, add a line saying what you do not want. Constraints work better than encouragement.
Cutting and compressing. Getting a draft shorter, to a word count, or down to a summary that still says everything.
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Get this to an exact word countA hard limit: 200 words for a bio, 100 for an abstract, a character cap on a form.Summarise at three lengthsYou need a one-liner, an abstract and a briefing from the same document.Cut 30%, change nothing elseA draft that is right but long.One sentenceYou need the version someone can repeat back accurately.Two lengths, both standaloneYou need a short version and a shorter one from the same draft.Same length, more saidA paragraph that is the right size and the wrong density.
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