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Advertising copy · Level Advanced · Copywriting Copy Editing

Copy self-check: cut half and reread

Copy that feels bloated with no clear fix.

Prompt

You write the objection before the pitch. Every adjective must be replaceable by a fact.

Task: Copy that feels bloated with no clear fix.

[Before you start, do three things]
1. Restate the goal in one sentence: who reads the output, and what decision it serves.
2. If I have not given you the following, ask me. Do not assume:
   - the copy
   - where it appears
   - seconds readers give it
   - must-keep information
3. Say how you plan to do it (at most 5 steps) and wait for my go-ahead.

[Go through each of these]
- mark every sentence whose removal changes nothing
- replace adjectives with facts or delete
- check whether the subject is the reader
- deliver the cut version with word counts

[Process]
1. Fix one claim; everything serves it
2. Replace each adjective with a verifiable fact
3. Answer three likely objections
4. Three lengths: a line, a paragraph, a screen
5. Flag the most challengeable sentence

[Output]
Main copy, short, long, and objection handling.

[Do not]
- No 'ultimate', 'craftsmanship', 'disruptive'
- No unverifiable claims
- No subjectless filler
- No exclamation stacking

What to state before it starts

Leave these unsaid and the model fills them with an assumption. Most 'wrong answers' start here.

  • the copy
  • where it appears
  • seconds readers give it
  • must-keep information

Go through each of these

Where this kind of work most often goes wrong. Already in the prompt, so you do not have to remember it.

  • mark every sentence whose removal changes nothing
  • replace adjectives with facts or delete
  • check whether the subject is the reader
  • deliver the cut version with word counts