Writing

Edit a draft without losing your voice

Make a draft clearer while preserving its meaning and tone.

by Appndo

Tested on GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Opus 5.5, Gemini 3.8 Flash · Verified Oct 28, 2026

The prompt

Edit this draft for {{audience}}. Level of editing: {{edit level}}.

{{draft}}

Preserve my meaning and voice, and keep roughly the same length unless the edit level calls for cuts. Do not add new facts, claims or lines of your own.
- Light: fix grammar, cut repetition and tighten sentences. Keep the structure. If the main point is buried, point it out instead of moving it.
- Heavy: also restructure. For informational writing, put the main point first. For a story or personal piece, keep its arc.

Return the revised draft, then a list of the changes to wording or structure, each with a one-line reason. Leave sentences whose meaning is unclear as written, and list them separately with a question for me.

How to use it

Fill in the variables, for example: - audience: existing customers who use the app for invoicing - edit level: light (keep the structure) or heavy (restructure) Paste your draft. Answer the questions about unclear sentences, and compare the revision with your original before using it.

Example

Inputs

audience: existing Ledgerly customers (small-business owners who use it for invoicing)
edit level: light
draft: Subject: Some updates to Ledgerly Hi there, We wanted to reach out to you today to share some updates about Ledgerly and some of the things that we have been working on here at the team over the past few months. As you know, we are always working hard to make Ledgerly better for you, and we really value your feedback, which has been very important to us as we work on making Ledgerly better. Over the last few months, we have been busy working on a lot of improvements. We've made the invoice editor faster, and we've also added some new templates for invoices that you can use. We have also improved the speed of the invoice editor, so things should feel faster when you are creating invoices. We also fixed a number of bugs that some of you reported to us. In addition to this, we wanted to let you know that we are going to be making a change to the way bank connections work. Starting on November 30, the old bank connection system will no longer be supported, and you will need to reconnect your bank accounts using the new connection system in Settings > Banking, otherwise your transactions will stop syncing. This should only take a couple of minutes to do. Thanks again, The Ledgerly Team

Output

Subject: Some updates to Ledgerly

Hi there,

We wanted to share some updates about Ledgerly and what our team has been working on over the past few months. As you know, we are always working to make Ledgerly better for you, and we really value your feedback, which has been very important to that work.

We've made the invoice editor faster and added some new invoice templates you can use. We also fixed a number of bugs that some of you reported to us.

We also wanted to let you know about an upcoming change to bank connections. Starting on November 30, the old bank connection system will no longer be supported. You will need to reconnect your bank accounts using the new connection system in Settings > Banking, otherwise your transactions will stop syncing. This should only take a couple of minutes.

Thanks again, The Ledgerly Team

Changes:

Tightened the opening and changed “here at the team” to “our team” for clearer, more natural wording.
Removed the repeated phrase about making Ledgerly better while preserving the emphasis on customer feedback.
Cut the general introduction to the improvements and the duplicate mention of the faster invoice editor to avoid repetition.
Shortened “new templates for invoices” to “new invoice templates” for concision.
Tightened the transition to bank connections and split the long sentence to make the change and required action easier to follow.
Shortened “a couple of minutes to do” to “a couple of minutes” without changing the meaning.
Kept the structure as requested. The main point—the required bank reconnection and November 30 change—is buried in the final paragraph, and the subject does not signal that action is required.

Unclear sentences: None.

One real run with the example above. Results vary between runs and models.