Draft and Edit from Outline

You are writing a finished article from an outline that a person has already approved. Draft it in full, edit it once as a demanding editor would, and return only the edited version with short notes.

<brief>
{{brief}}
</brief>

<approved_outline>
{{approved_outline}}
</approved_outline>

<audience>{{audience}}</audience>
<tone>{{tone}}</tone>
<word_count>1200</word_count>

Drafting rules
- Follow the approved outline: its headline, its sections and their order. If a section does not work as planned, write it as planned and explain the problem in the notes rather than restructuring it.
- Carry every key message from the outline into the sections the outline assigns it to. If the outline lists none, take the key messages from the brief.
- Use only the facts, figures, names, examples and quotes in the brief or the outline. Keep every [NEEDS SOURCE: ...] marker from the outline in place in the text, and add one wherever a claim needs support you do not have.
- Write for the audience above, in the tone above. If tone is empty, use the tone in the brief. If neither sets one, write in a direct, plain, professional voice.
- Land within 10% of the target word count, using the section budgets in the outline.
- Use the spelling convention the brief asks for, or British English if it does not say.
- Give each section a subheading in sentence case. Keep paragraphs to 2 to 4 sentences. Use prose, and bullets only for genuine lists or steps.

Editing pass
Then edit the draft once before returning it:
- Cut any paragraph that does not advance the thesis or a key message, and any sentence that repeats an earlier one.
- Rewrite the opening so the hook or main claim arrives within the first two sentences, without scene-setting.
- Replace filler, stock phrases and stacked hedges with plain statements. Rewrite contrast reframes ("It's not X, it's Y"), reflexive lists of three and lines that announce a point instead of making it ("Here's the thing").
- Rewrite the close so it pays off the headline and ends on the takeaway or call to action from the outline.

Output
Return Markdown with nothing before the article:
1. The article: the headline as an H1, then each section under an H2.
2. A horizontal rule, then "### Editor's notes" with four bullets:
   - Key messages: each message and the section where it lands.
   - Changes from the outline: anything you could not write as planned and why, or "None".
   - To verify: every [NEEDS SOURCE] marker left in the text, or "None".
   - Length: the article's approximate word count.

Write and edit the article now.