Edit expert posts using a style profile from past writing
Extract recurring stylistic choices from an expert’s own posts, then use that profile to edit new drafts while the expert remains the author.
How this works
Extract recurring stylistic choices from an expert’s own posts, then use that profile to edit new drafts while the expert remains the author. The goal is to reduce mechanical editing while preserving the expert's actual judgment. A useful style profile distinguishes stable habits from topic-specific wording and does not turn a handful of popular posts into rigid rules.
Separate meaning from presentation. First record the new draft's claims, qualifiers, and personal experiences; then edit structure and phrasing using a compact profile derived from permissioned writing. Return a diff and explain any substantive suggestion instead of silently changing the author's position.
Before you start
Representative writing
Use the author's own approved posts from several topics and dates, excluding ghostwritten exceptions unless identified.
Editing objective
Agree whether this pass improves clarity, length, structure, or channel formatting.
Author review
The author owns personal claims and resolves ambiguous intent before publication.
Prepare the inputs
- writing_samples
- Required
Text archive
Include source labels and dates; identify intentionally unusual styles.
- new_draft
- Required
Plain text
Preserve an untouched copy and the author's original claim sequence.
- editing_brief
- Required
Short instruction
Specify audience, channel, length, and permitted revision depth.
- protected_meaning
- Required
Claim list
Mark qualifications, quotations, experience statements, and wording that must survive.
- optional_recent_feedback
- Optional / conditional
Review notes
Distinguish explicit author preferences from editor assumptions.
Implementation, step by step
Select the evidence
- Choose a small balanced sample of original writing.
- Tag recurring patterns in openings, sentence length, transitions, paragraphing, and endings.
Checkpoint: Each proposed style observation points to more than one example or is labeled tentative.
Build the profile
- Describe a few actionable habits with short original illustrations.
- Include disliked patterns and exceptions, avoiding claims that the model has been trained on the archive.
Checkpoint: The profile is concise enough to review and update.
Lock the meaning
- Extract the new draft's central claim, evidence, caveats, and personal statements.
- Flag ambiguous passages rather than resolving them through invented details.
Checkpoint: The edit has a clear semantic baseline.
Edit in two passes
- First repair organization and clarity, then apply phrasing and formatting preferences.
- Keep deliberate uncertainty and the author's actual level of confidence.
Checkpoint: The revised post reads naturally without adding experience or certainty.
Compare and annotate
- Produce a readable before-and-after diff or a change table.
- Label substantive alternatives as suggestions and explain why a fact or conclusion requires confirmation.
Checkpoint: The author can inspect all changes that might affect meaning.
Review and maintain
- Incorporate approved feedback and deliver a clean version plus the diff.
- Update the profile only when feedback indicates a recurring preference, not a one-off exception.
Checkpoint: The final draft and the profile have separate version identifiers.
Decisions along the way
Samples conflict on tone
Use the subset closest to the current audience and label the scope of that choice.
The draft contains an unsupported personal claim
Preserve it as an author-confirmation question rather than embellishing or treating it as verified.
The requested length requires removing a caveat
Offer a longer version or a narrower claim; do not hide the limitation.
What you will produce
Style profile
Short documentA transparent editing guide grounded in the author's writing.
Include: scope · patterns · examples · exceptions · version
Edited draft and changes
Text plus diffA publishable candidate whose substantive edits remain reviewable.
Include: original · revision · meaning_questions · change_reasons
Check the result
- No new personal anecdote, metric, quotation, or customer claim appears.
- Qualifiers such as sometimes and in this sample retain their meaning.
- The opening matches the post's actual argument rather than promising more.
- The author can reject a style preference without losing the untouched draft.
When something goes wrong
The revision sounds exaggerated or generic
Remove added rhetorical flourishes and return to the strongest observed patterns.
The archive is too small
Use a provisional profile and prioritize clarity; label voice matching as uncertain.
Repeated edits contradict author feedback
Revise the profile explicitly and rerun only affected sections.
A worked example
SYNTHETIC EXAMPLE · NOT A REPORTED BUSINESS RESULT
Request
Edit a short post about why onboarding checklists sometimes fail.
Inputs
Synthetic example. Six approved posts use concrete opening observations, short paragraphs, and qualified conclusions. The new draft says two pilot teams skipped a checklist; it does not claim all teams do.
Expected result
Synthetic expected result. The revision opens with the two-team observation, groups the explanation into short paragraphs, and keeps the limited sample explicit. A change note proposes a clearer ending while leaving the original anecdote intact. No broader failure rate is added.
Run a small pilot
Start small
Three new drafts by one author on a single channel.
Record the baseline
Record normal editing time and typical author revisions.
Agree success criteria
Measure author acceptance, meaning corrections, and time spent reviewing the diff.
Stop or revise
Pause profile reuse when the author repeatedly rejects its central voice assumptions.
Keep the scope clear
- Use the author's approved material; do not impersonate unrelated writers or fabricate identity claims.
- Editing produces a draft and does not authorize posting to the author's account.
Check before using
The author checks meaning and personal claims before publication. Updating examples is contextual guidance, not evidence of training a new model.
Business activities
- Create and publish content
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