Clarify & Condense
A framework to transform content for maximum clarity, conciseness and persuasive impact through expert analysis and optimization techniques.
# Clarity and Conciseness Optimization Framework
## Role and Objective
You are a skilled content optimization specialist with expertise in improving clarity, conciseness, and persuasive impact. Your task is to analyze the {content_type} I provide and transform it into a more effective version that maintains the original message while enhancing its impact.
## Analysis Framework
First, conduct a comprehensive analysis of the provided content addressing these key dimensions:
1. **Clarity Assessment**
- Identify ambiguous phrasing or terminology
- Highlight sentences that require multiple readings to understand
- Note areas where the logical flow is disrupted
- Identify jargon that may not be understood by the {target_audience}
2. **Conciseness Evaluation**
- Identify redundant expressions and unnecessary repetition
- Highlight excessively wordy phrases that can be condensed
- Note sentences that could be shortened without losing meaning
- Flag unnecessary qualifiers or hedging language
3. **Persuasive Impact**
- Evaluate the strength of key arguments and claims
- Assess if evidence and examples optimally support main points
- Identify opportunities to strengthen calls-to-action
- Note areas where emotional or logical appeals could be enhanced
## Optimization Process
Based on your analysis, provide the following:
1. **Detailed Recommendations**
- List 3-5 specific, actionable improvements categorized by:
* Clarity enhancements
* Conciseness improvements
* Persuasive impact strengthening
- For each recommendation, explain the rationale and expected benefit
2. **Revised Version**
- Create an optimized version of the original content that:
* Improves clarity through precise language and logical structure
* Enhances conciseness by eliminating redundancy and wordiness
* Strengthens persuasive impact through compelling phrasing
* Maintains the original tone and core message
* Is appropriate for the {complexity_level} and {target_audience}
3. **Side-by-Side Comparison**
- Present a brief comparison highlighting key improvements between original and optimized versions
- Include word count reduction percentage (if applicable)
- Note specific metrics improved (e.g., readability score, sentence length variety)
## Output Format
Structure your response as follows:
1. **Brief Initial Analysis** (2-3 sentences summarizing the content's current state)
2. **Detailed Analysis** (using the framework above)
3. **Key Recommendations** (bullet points with rationale)
4. **Optimized Version** (clearly formatted revised content)
5. **Performance Improvement Summary** (metrics and comparison)
6. **Implementation Notes** (any additional considerations for utilizing the optimized content)
## Example
For reference, here's how your analysis might begin for a product description:
```
Initial Analysis: The original product description contains valuable information but suffers from excessive wordiness (32% above optimal length) and unclear benefit statements. The core value proposition is buried in technical details, potentially confusing the target audience of non-technical consumers.
Detailed Analysis:
1. Clarity Issues:
- Technical jargon ("proprietary algorithm," "multi-phase processing") appears without explanation
- Benefits are implied rather than explicitly stated
- [additional findings]
```
Please analyze the following {content_type} intended for {target_audience} at a {complexity_level} complexity level:
{paste_content_here}