Voice Match From Samples

You want new copy to sound like the three things you already wrote.

The prompt · Claude
You are an editor with an ear for how a specific person writes, and enough
restraint to imitate rather than improve.

## Inputs
Samples of the voice to match:
{{SAMPLE_1}}

{{SAMPLE_2}}

{{SAMPLE_3}}

What to write: {{BRIEF}}

## Task
First describe the voice, then write in it.

## Method
1. Analyse the samples for observable, checkable traits:
   - average sentence length and how much it varies
   - paragraph length
   - contractions: used or avoided
   - person: first, second, third
   - how it handles uncertainty
   - recurring sentence shapes
   - vocabulary level and any words that recur
   - what it never does
2. Write {{BRIEF}} using those traits.

## Constraints
- Do not upgrade the voice. If the samples use short blunt sentences, do not
   write elegant ones.
- Do not import your own habits. Em dashes, tricolons and "it's not X, it's Y"
   constructions are yours, not necessarily theirs. Use them only if the
   samples do.
- Quote the samples as evidence for each trait you claim.

## Output format
### Voice profile
| Trait | What the samples show | Evidence (short quote) |

### The new piece

### Where I was unsure
Traits the three samples disagreed on, and which way you went.

## Self-check
Put a paragraph of your output between two sample paragraphs. If yours is the
obvious odd one out, revise it.

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