Choosing the Right Writing Style

Overview

VidToArticle offers seven writing styles. Understanding Writing Styles explains what each one does; this guide focuses on how to choose the best style for a specific situation.

If you're in doubt, start with News or Casual Blog and iterate from there.

Quick decision table

Use this table as a starting point, then refine based on your brand voice.

When to use News

Choose News when you need:

• A professional, neutral tone.
• Balanced coverage of facts and opinions.
• Content that could appear on a company or industry site.

Ideal for:

• Product updates and announcements.
• Industry news roundups.
• Executive summaries of long-form videos.

When to use Casual Blog

Choose Casual Blog when you want:

• A friendly, conversational voice.
• Content that feels like a creator or founder speaking directly to the reader.
• Soft edges around structure: still organized, but with personal touches.

Ideal for:

• Personal blogs and newsletters.
• Lifestyle, travel, or creator content.
• Posts where your personality is part of the value.

When to use Listicle

Choose Listicle when the video naturally breaks down into steps, tips, or takeaways.

Ideal for:

• 10 lessons from this interview.
• 7 ways to improve X.
• Recaps and highlight reels.

Readers who scan content will appreciate the numbered structure.

When to use Bombastic

Choose Bombastic when you want maximum energy:

• Strong hooks and bold claims.
• High emotional intensity in language.
• Copy that is designed to grab attention immediately.

Ideal for:

• Marketing funnels and launch content.
• Hype-driven recaps of big announcements.
• Social-first posts repurposed as articles.

Use this style sparingly for serious topics; it is best for persuasion, not neutral analysis.

When to use Tabloid Style

Choose Tabloid Style when your goal is clickability and drama.

Ideal for:

• Commentary and reaction content.
• Celebrity, drama, or entertainment coverage.
• Posts that compete in crowded, high-noise feeds.

Tabloid Style prioritizes intrigue and drama over neutrality.

When to use Technical

Choose Technical when your reader is a practitioner:

• Software engineers, data scientists, marketers, or other specialists.
• Content where accuracy and detail matter more than entertainment.

Ideal for:

• Deep-dive tutorials and how-to content.
• Architecture reviews and technical breakdowns.
• Educational explainers for intermediate or advanced audiences.

When to use Academic

Choose Academic when you need:

• A structured, formal tone.
• Clear argumentation, evidence, and conclusions.
• Content appropriate for learning environments.

Ideal for:

• Lecture or course recap articles.
• Research summaries and educational blogs.
• Long-form essays that should read like mini-chapters.

Strategy: test multiple styles on the same video

You do not have to choose perfectly on the first try. A good workflow is:

1. Generate the article in News or Casual Blog.
2. Skim the result and decide if it fits your brand.
3. Generate a second version in Technical, Bombastic, or Academic depending on the topic.
4. Compare intros and section structure.

You can keep both versions in your account, download them separately, and decide which one to publish where.

Combining styles with custom instructions

On supported plans, you can further tune tone using Custom Instructions:

• Ask for simpler language on top of Technical.
• Request more storytelling on top of News.
• Ask for more structure on top of Casual Blog.

This gives you a powerful way to get very close to your brand voice while reusing the same base styles.