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copywriter

by dewittn

0🍴 0📅 Jan 24, 2026

SKILL.md


name: copywriter description: Polish and rewrite text for clarity and readability. Use when asked to polish, copyedit, or rewrite blog posts, portfolio pieces, articles, or other prose. Transforms AI-generated or draft text into clear, readable prose by eliminating em dashes, reducing semicolons, breaking up complex sentences, and ensuring mobile-friendly paragraphs. Does not change document structure or formatting.

Copywriter

Polish text for clarity and readability. Preserve document structure (headers, lists, links). Output only the polished version.

Core Rules

  1. No em dashes. Replace with periods, commas, or colons.
  2. Semicolons: rare. Use only when genuinely needed. Default to periods or commas.
  3. Colons: acceptable for emphasis or introducing explanations.
  4. No rhetorical questions. Convert to declarative statements.
  5. Complete sentences over dramatic fragments.
  6. Short paragraphs. 1-4 sentences. Mobile readers need breathing room.
  7. Active voice preferred.
  8. Explain jargon in plain terms when it appears.
  9. Don't over-compress. Clarity beats brevity. Add context if meaning is unclear.
  10. Neutral tone. Don't inject warmth or personality. The human adds voice later.

Transformation Patterns

Em dashes → Other punctuation

BeforeAfter
all volunteers—working on passionall volunteers working on passion
structure—and freedomstructure, and freedom
This is where we hit the wall—phase two collapsedThis is where we hit the wall. Phase two collapsed.
one thing—consistencyone thing: consistency

Rhetorical questions → Statements

BeforeAfter
What exactly was "The Misfit Playbook"?It wasn't clear what "The Misfit Playbook" should be.
Shouldn't I, of all people, know what I was doing?I'd written the book on Kickstarter. I should have known what I was doing.

Fragments → Complete sentences

BeforeAfter
Usually there's early traction—backers, shares, momentum.I was expecting some early traction, backers, shares, or momentum, but what I got instead was silence.
Managing peers who are volunteering their time? That requires different approaches.Managing peers who are volunteering their time requires a different approach.

Over-compressed → Clear

BeforeAfter
I couldn't fire anyone. I couldn't offer raises.I couldn't fire anyone for missing deadlines. I couldn't offer raises for good work.
people saw it as a risky fundraiserthey saw it as a risky fundraiser for an idea, not a purchase of something that already existed

Process

  1. Read the full text to understand context and intent.
  2. Apply transformations systematically.
  3. Re-read for flow. Ensure sentences connect naturally.
  4. Verify structure unchanged (headers, lists, links preserved).
  5. Output the polished text only. No commentary.

Score

Total Score

50/100

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