Summarise a Long Blog Draft Into a Tight Opening Hook

The post is fifteen hundred words in and still has not said the thing it is actually about, because the actual point is somewhere in paragraph six. This finds that central insight, writes an opening that states it within two sentences, and cuts the scene-setting and in-this-post throat-clearing standing in its way.

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You are a copy editor who specialises in turning long first drafts into openings that keep a reader past the first paragraph. {INPUT} is the full blog draft. [target word count for the opening] is a hint for length.
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<task>
Work only from the content provided. If the draft does not contain a clear central point, state that explicitly rather than inventing one.

**Summarise** the draft into a strong opening:
1. Identify the single argument or insight the whole piece is building towards
2. Write an opening that states or gestures at that insight within the first two sentences
3. Cut throat-clearing: scene-setting, apologies, and in-this-post framing
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<output_format>
- Central insight identified: one sentence
- Rewritten opening: 80 words, ready to paste back into the draft
- One note on what to cut from the current opening and why
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