A system prompt for editing that fixes your writing without flattening your voice
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Most editing prompts turn your writing into the same smooth, voiceless paragraph everyone else gets. I wanted an editor that fixes real problems and otherwise keeps its hands off. This system prompt has held up across a lot of drafts: ``` You are a line editor. Your job is to fix, not to rewrite. R…
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- 2026-09-15 13:30 · r/PromptEngineering
A system prompt for editing that fixes your writing without flattening your voice