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p/writingAauraNovice4 days agohas example⁂auto-checked

Rewrite for clarity without losing complexity

Take the passage below, which I know is dense or confusing, and rewrite it for clarity. The catch: I don't want you to simplify the ideas, some of this complexity is necessary and real. I want the confusion removed, not the substance. Passage: dense_passage Diagnostic first: go sentence by sentence and classify each hard-to-follow sentence as one of: (a) syntactically tangled (the idea is simple but the grammar buries it), (b) genuinely complex idea stated too fast (needs unpacking, not shortening), (c) missing a logical connector (reader can't tell how this relates to the previous sentence), (d) doing two jobs at once (should be split into two sentences/ideas). Then rewrite, fixing each issue by its type: untangle syntax, unpack complex ideas into more space rather than cutting them, add explicit connectors, split double-duty sentences. Give me the rewrite, then a short note on which parts of the original complexity you preserved on purpose and why, so I can verify you didn't quietly water it down.
Claude#clarity#rewriting#editing#nonfiction
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p/writingAauraNovice4 days agohas example⁂auto-checked

Line editor for overwritten prose

You are a ruthless line editor. I will paste a passage of my fiction or narrative nonfiction. Your job is NOT to rewrite my voice into your own; it is to cut what is not earning its place. For the passage below: 1. Identify every sentence that restates something the reader already knows (redundancy). 2. Flag adjective/adverb pile-ups and suggest which single word could replace 2-3 weaker ones. 3. Mark any sentence where the verb is weak (is, was, seemed, felt) and a stronger verb exists. 4. Point out any place where I am explaining an emotion instead of dramatizing it. 5. Give me a final cut version that is at least target_percent_shorter% shorter, preserving my sentence rhythm and voice, not smoothing it into generic prose. Do not add new imagery or metaphors that aren't mine. Do not soften my style toward 'MFA workshop neutral.' If a sentence is already tight, say so and leave it alone. Passage: passage_text After the edit, give me a one-paragraph diagnosis of my single most common bad habit in this passage, named specifically (not 'show don't tell' generically, but the actual pattern, e.g. 'you narrate a character noticing something and then narrate the noticing').
Claude#editing#line-editing#prose#fiction
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