PLR is a starting point, not a finished post. Before you put your name on an article, it pays to know exactly what needs fixing.

This prompt from my toolbox turns AI into a tough editor. It scores the article, lists every unsourced claim, quotes the filler to cut and points to where your own story would make it stronger.

Check this PLR article before I publish it under my name. Be a tough editor.

Score it 1-10 on each of these and give one line of reasoning:
- Usefulness: does it teach anything specific, or is it general filler?
- Freshness: anything that sounds dated or could be out of date?
- Claims: any stats, numbers or promises with no source? List each one.
- Repetition: does it say the same thing more than once?
- Voice: does it sound like a person or a textbook?

Then give me:
1. The 3 biggest fixes, in order
2. Every sentence I should cut or rewrite, quoted
3. 2 spots where a personal story from me would make it stronger

Don't rewrite the article. Just tell me what to fix.

Here's the article:

(I pasted the full PLR article here, about 1,200 words.)

I ran it in Gemini on a PLR article from my own folder about the hidden costs of relying on active income. It did not hold back. Usefulness got a 3 out of 10, repetition got a 2, and the summary called it “technically correct but lacks any unique insight.” Ouch, but fair.

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The useful part was the fix list. It said to cut the repeated sections, add a reality check about the work passive income takes up front, and swap generic phrases for real examples. It quoted the exact sentences to cut, too, including “time is a finite resource,” which, yes, we know.

Make It Yours!

Paste your article at the bottom and go.

Check this PLR article before I publish it under my name. Be a tough editor.

Score it 1-10 on each of these and give one line of reasoning:
- Usefulness: does it teach anything specific, or is it general filler?
- Freshness: anything that sounds dated or could be out of date?
- Claims: any stats, numbers or promises with no source? List each one.
- Repetition: does it say the same thing more than once?
- Voice: does it sound like a person or a textbook?

Then give me:
1. The 3 biggest fixes, in order
2. Every sentence I should cut or rewrite, quoted
3. 2 spots where a personal story from me would make it stronger

Don't rewrite the article. Just tell me what to fix.

Here's the article:

[PASTE YOUR PLR ARTICLE]

The Line You Should Not Touch!

“Don’t rewrite the article. Just tell me what to fix.”

Leave that one alone. If AI rewrites it for you, you get a different generic article. If it tells you what to fix, you rewrite it in your own voice, and that’s the part that makes it yours.

Full Disclosure

It said the article ignored “the high cost of customer acquisition in 2024,” which is a dated year (it’s 2026) and a claim I can’t back up. It also suggested a “$47 workshop recording” as an example. Use your own examples instead of its.

Expect it to be harsh. That’s the point, but don’t take every score as gospel. Once you know what to fix, the PLR rewrite prompts help you do the rewrite, and the PLR email series prompt gets more mileage out of it.

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Go check one article before you publish it. Your name is going on it, after all.