Summary  
Implementing a routine that takes a long text input and trims it down to a target length by keeping only the core idea and ensuring the result reads naturally.  

General domain of usage  
Text summarization and editing tools

Still working as Lena. Most weak drafts aren't weak because the idea is bad — they're weak because the good idea is buried under throat-clearing and repetition. Cutting isn't about being short for its own sake; it's about making the one good idea easy to find. In this chapter you'll hand Claude a rambling draft and get back a tight version.

The rambling draft (`bloated-draft.txt`) is in this chapter's file tree — open it from **Show File Tree**, or upload a long draft of your own to cut instead.

Note

>### Task
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> Ask Claude to cut `bloated-draft.txt` (or your own long draft) down to a specific length, keeping only the idea that actually matters.
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>**Prompts to Try**
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>><b>Read bloated-draft.txt and cut it down to about 90 words. Keep only the point that actually matters, and make it read naturally.
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> Using your own draft instead? Paste it in, then ask:
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>><b>Cut this down to about 90 words without losing the main point.
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>**What you're aiming for:** a much shorter version that keeps the one real idea, drops the repetition and the throat-clearing, and still reads like natural writing rather than a list of bullet points. It should end with one line naming the biggest thing it cut. When the good idea is easy to find, you're done.

Discover how to turn one piece of writing into a week's worth of content. You'll take a single post and reshape it for different platforms, tighten weak drafts, match a consistent voice, and sharpen your headlines — working from your own writing, or a ready-made example when you don't have one on hand. By the end you'll have a repeatable system instead of a blank page every time.

Get hands-on experience turning one strong piece of content into new formats – a LinkedIn post, an email, a thread – using your own writing or a ready-made example at every step.

Master the skills needed to tighten a bloated draft, match a brand's voice, and adjust tone for a different audience – using Claude as a sharp, honest editor on your own writing.

Discover how to sharpen headlines and hooks with real search data, then turn one-off content tasks into a repeatable system you can run again next week.