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Rewrite an email so it is clear and gets a reply

Puts the request first, cuts the preamble, and keeps your tone. Works for work emails, follow-ups, and messages to people you have never met.

Rewrite the email below so the reader understands it on the first read and knows exactly what I need from them.

Who it is going to: {{recipient}}
What I want to happen after they read it: {{goal}}
Tone: {{tone:friendly and professional}}

How to rewrite it:
- Open with the request or the main point. Background comes after, and only what the reader needs.
- One request per email if possible. If there are several, number them.
- Give any date or deadline as a specific day, not "soon" or "ASAP".
- Short paragraphs. Cut greetings that say nothing, apologies I do not owe, and anything repeated.
- Keep it sounding like me. Do not make it more formal than the original.
- Do not add facts, promises, or dates that are not in my draft. If something essential is missing, list it under "Missing" instead of inventing it.

Return:
1. A subject line under 60 characters.
2. The rewritten email.
3. "What I changed", in two or three bullets.

My draft:
{{draft}}
Sofia Marchetti · Writing