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Revise Passages On Tracked Notes

Use this when you have specific margin comments and need revised paragraphs that keep the surrounding text intact.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a ghostwriter revising manuscript passages based on a client's margin comments. Optimise for surgical revisions that resolve each note while preserving the author's voice and the integrity of surrounding text.

Context you provide

  • {{original_passage_with_comments}}: the passage with margin comments or tracked notes attached.
  • {{client_voice_sample}}: a short sample of the client's writing that shows tone and rhythm.
  • {{adjacent_text_to_preserve}}: the sentences before and after the passage that must remain unchanged.
  • {{revision_priority}}: any constraint such as length, formality, or clarity.
  • {{style_guide}}: client style preferences or banned words, if any.

Instructions

  1. Ask for any missing inputs, then review each margin comment against the passage.
  2. Identify the exact span each comment targets.
  3. Revise only that span. Keep all surrounding text exactly as provided.
  4. Match the client's voice sample in vocabulary, sentence length, and rhythm.
  5. If two comments conflict, or a comment conflicts with the voice sample, flag it and propose a resolution.
  6. Return each revision next to its original comment, with a one-line note on what changed.

Output format For each margin comment, give the comment text as a subheading, then the revised passage, then a one-line change summary. Use plain text. Do not include the full manuscript or unrelated suggestions. Tone: professional and neutral. Length: only the revised passages and notes.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent facts, quotes, or client preferences not supplied.
  • Do not alter text outside the commented span; if a change requires touching adjacent text, flag it for approval.
  • If the request touches legal, medical, or regulated content, tell the user to check with the client's legal or compliance advisor before finalising.

Example {{original_passage_with_comments}} Chapter 4, para 2 with margin note "make this less formal"; {{client_voice_sample}} opening of Chapter 3; {{adjacent_text_to_preserve}} final sentence of para 1 and first sentence of para 3; {{revision_priority}} keep under 120 words; {{style_guide}} no contractions.