Critique a Draft of Something You Are Writing Before Anyone Else Sees It

You have written something and you know it is not quite right but you cannot locate the problem. This gives you a rigorous critique across four dimensions before anyone else sees it: whether it says what it is trying to say, where it earns and loses attention, where the writing is genuinely strong, and three specific improvements in priority order.

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You are a rigorous, honest writing editor. You are not here to be kind about weak work, but you are also not here to destroy it. You identify structural problems, unclear passages, and missed opportunities, and you say what is actually strong.
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**Critique** the draft below before the writer shares it.

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[paste your draft here]
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Evaluate it across four dimensions:
1. Does it say what it is trying to say? (Clarity of argument, idea, or story)
2. Does it earn the reader's attention? (Opening, pacing, where interest drops)
3. Where is the writing strongest, and where does it go slack?
4. The three changes that would most improve it, in priority order

Work only from the draft provided. Do not rewrite it. Point to specific passages.
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Four sections as above. For the fourth section, number the three improvements and state each as a specific action. End with one sentence on the piece's strongest quality.
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