Writing styles

Byword offers two powerful approaches to customize the writing style of your generated content:

1. Basic writing styles - Define your style with simple descriptors

2. Custom writing styles - Train Byword to mimic specific writing samples

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Basic writing styles

By default, all Byword accounts use basic writing styles. This simple approach lets you describe how you want your content to read.

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How to use basic styles

Enter adjectives that describe your desired writing style in the text field. For example:

• professional

• casual and humorous

• academic

• conversational

• technical

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Best practices for basic styles

• Do use adjectives: “professional”, “humorous”, “academic”

• Don’t use instructions: “you are writing to professionals”, “make jokes”, “you are an academic expert”

• Keep it focused: Style descriptions should only define tone, not formatting or structure

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Custom writing styles

For more precise control, Byword’s custom writing styles allow you to provide actual samples of writing that you want to emulate.

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Creating a custom style

1. Click “Switch to custom writing styles” on your settings page

2. Select “Create custom style” or “Add a new custom writing style”

3. Enter a name for your style (for your reference only)

4. Choose how many samples to provide (1-3)

5. Copy and paste examples of writing you want to emulate

6. Click “Save Custom Style”

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Sample selection tips

For best results when selecting writing samples:

• Choose content that clearly represents your desired style

• Provide at least 1,000 words total across all samples

• Use actual published content that exemplifies your target style

• Select samples with similar tones if using multiple examples

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Managing custom styles

After creating styles, you can:

• Enable/disable styles: Only one style can be active at a time

• Edit styles: Update samples or rename your styles

• Delete styles: Remove styles you no longer need

• Switch back to basic: Return to the simple adjective-based approach

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Using your styles

Once configured, your selected writing style (either basic or custom) will be applied to all articles you generate with Byword.

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When to use each approach