What problem does it solve? Drafts often suffer from bloated phrasing, passive constructions, weak verbs, and monotonous sentence rhythm that bury the message. This Skill performs sentence-level surgical editing to make every word earn its place. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Flab and Deadwood Pruning: Replaces inflated phrases like "in order to" and "due to the fact that" with concise equivalents, and cuts throat-clearing qualifiers. - Verb Activation: Converts nominalizations and passive "to be" constructions back into strong active verbs. - Cadence and Rhythm Control: Varies sentence length using the Gary Provost sentence music rule, plus an out-loud ear test to catch structural flaws. - Use Case: Paste a 2,000-word technical blog draft and receive a line-edited version with a LINE-EDIT-LOG.md showing word count reduction, sentence-by-sentence transformations, and rationale for each change. ## Quick Start Line-edit this draft to cut filler words, strengthen verbs, and improve sentence rhythm, then show me the before-and-after changes with rationale.
