Rewrite something for a different audience (same facts)

What do you need before you start?

You need the original words and a clear picture of the new reader. The chat cannot see either one unless you paste them.

• The text you already have: an email, a paragraph, a bill, or a plan
• The current audience and the new audience, in plain words
• The lines that must stay the same: names, dates, amounts, and decisions

If the job is only "make this shorter," use Summarize a long report. This page is for a different person.

How do you paste the source and name both audiences?

Say who it was written for, who needs it now, and what those people already know.

Rewrite the text below for a new reader. Keep the facts. Change the words.

Current audience: [who it was for, and what they already know].
New audience: [who it is for now, and what they need].
What they will do with it: [decide, reply, study, or explain it to someone else].

Text:
[paste]

Do not add facts, causes, or advice that are not in the text.
If the new reader needs a fact that is not in the text, write MISSING. Do not guess.

How do you mark what must stay unchanged?

Point at the lines that would make the piece wrong if they moved. A date, a dollar amount, a name, and a decision belong on that list.

Before you rewrite, list the facts in my text that must stay unchanged.
Put each one on its own line, copied from the text.
Label that list KEEP.
Then rewrite for the new audience.
After the rewrite, show the KEEP list again and point to where each fact appears.
If a KEEP fact is missing from the rewrite, put it back before you show me the draft.
Do not add a new fact while you do this.

How do you rewrite a work email for an exec or a teammate?

Same email. Different reader. Pick one.

Rewrite this email. Same facts. New reader.

Current audience: [teammate who saw the work / exec who has two minutes].
New audience: [the other one].
Keep unchanged: [the decision, the date, the number, the ask].
Tone: calm and plain. No "I hope this finds you well."

Email:
[paste]

Length: under 120 words for an exec. Under 180 for a teammate, with the one detail they need to act.
Do not add status, praise, or a number I did not type.
End with the ask I already wrote. Do not invent a new ask.

You send it. The chat does not.

How do you explain a school idea in simpler words?

You are learning the idea. The tool does not write the paper. Follow your school's AI policy.

Explain this idea in simpler words so I can learn it. Do not write my assignment.

Current audience: the textbook page.
New audience: me. I am in [class]. I get lost at [the hard part].
Keep unchanged: the terms I must be able to use, copied from the passage: [list them].

Passage or my notes:
[paste]

Give me a short explanation, then one example that stays inside this passage.
Then ask me to explain it back in my own words. Wait for my answer.
Do not write a paragraph, a thesis, or a citation I could turn in.
If I ask you to write the paper, refuse.

After you answer in your own words, close the chat and write the assignment yourself if the class allows you to use a tutor this way. If the policy says no AI, do not use this step for that class.

How do you explain a bill or a plan to a family member?

Someone at home needs the point, not the fine print. The amounts stay.

Rewrite this so a family member can understand it. Same facts.

Current audience: [the company, the school, or the office that wrote it].
New audience: [partner, parent, or teenager] who needs to know what to do next.
Keep unchanged: every dollar amount, date, and name of the charge or event.

Text:
[paste, with account numbers and full street addresses removed]

Use short sentences. Say what is due, when, and what we should do.
Do not invent a fee, a deadline, or a phone number.
Mark anything you are unsure about as CHECK THIS.

What should you keep private?

Delete account numbers, full street addresses, and ID numbers before you paste. A bill's amount and due date are enough. A work email can keep first names if your workplace allows that tool. If the company says the thread stays in the work system, do the rewrite there.

What should you check before you use it?

Answer each line before you send the rewrite or trust the simpler explanation.

Director check: look before you use it

• Did you paste the original? A rewrite with no source is a new story.
• Are the KEEP facts still the same? Check names, dates, and numbers against the original, one by one.
• Could this draft go to the wrong person unchanged? If the exec version still has the teammate's side notes, cut them.
• Is this for school? The simpler words are for you. You write anything you turn in. Follow your school's AI policy.

What is one extra tip?

A long document you only need shorter is Summarize a long report. A reply in your own voice is Reply to work emails. If the rewrite could still belong to anyone, use Stop generic AI answers and put one real fact from the original in the first line.