Writing level and audience

You set writing level and audience in the guided essay flow (and related builders). They steer vocabulary, density, and framing before the model commits to a long draft.

Writing level (what it changes)

1. Undergraduate — Standard academic register for typical coursework-length pieces.
2. Graduate — Scholarly tone with denser argument and citation habits.
3. Professional — Executive register: plain language, decisions, and action.

Level does not replace your outline or sources. It nudges how “tight” the prose reads.

Audience (what it changes)

1. Student — Coursework, research papers, and thesis-style framing.
2. Professional — Internal reports, memos, and stakeholder-facing drafts.
3. Business — Customer-facing narratives, proposals, and white-paper style pieces.

Audience and level stack: the same topic can read like a classroom explanation or a board-ready brief depending on the pair you pick.

When to revisit them

1. After instructor or client feedback asks for a different register, start a new document with updated settings (mid-document retuning is not a supported workflow today).
2. If output feels too casual or too stiff, change one knob first (usually level), regenerate from outline if your flow allows it, or start a fresh document.

Next step

Open the essay builder and set level and audience on the early steps before you approve the outline.