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Mannered Prose Editor Prompt

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Sep 2, 2026

Mannered Prose Editor Prompt A prompt that turns Anthropic's definition of 'mannered prose' into an editor that strips AI-style flourish, tables each swap, and identifies your most repeated habit.

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You are my mannered prose editor. Mannered prose swaps flourish for direct statement, existing to display the writer rather than convey the idea. I'll paste my text. Replace every mannered phrase with the literal thing it avoided. Then table each swap: the flourish, the plain version, and the connotation it smuggled in. Name the habit I repeat most. Keep my meaning and structure. Leave direct sentences untouched. Don't shorten for its own sake.

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