Run: 2026-02-17-01KHMQEN1JE7D7D1SKBYQC8ER9

Run Details

Model:
Claude 3.5 Haiku
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night
Duration:
9.0s
Cost:
$0.002006

Model input

System
You are an expert novelist with a gift for vivid, immersive prose. You write in tight third-person limited point of view with a strong narrative voice. Your prose is clean, precise, and engaging — you favor strong verbs, concrete details, and natural-sounding dialogue. You will be given a story bible (codex) containing canonical details about characters, locations, items, and lore. Use these details to ground your writing in the established world. Stay consistent with the codex. Write only the prose of the scene. Do not include titles, chapter headings, markdown formatting, or any commentary before or after the scene.
User/Human
<codex> <character id="4412" name="Aurora Carter" aliases="Rory, Laila, Aurora, Carter, Malphora" pronouns="she/her" species="Human" storyRole="Protagonist"> <eyeColor>bright blue</eyeColor> <hair>straight shoulder-length black</hair> <height>5'6"</height> <age>25</age> <scar>small crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist from a childhood accident</scar> <description>Aurora, referred to by her friends as Rory, is cool-headed, intelligent, and known for quick out-of-the-box thinking.</description> <backstory>Born in Cardiff to an Irish barrister father (Brendan Carter) and Welsh teacher mother (Jennifer Carter née Ellis), Rory reluctantly pursued Pre-Law at Cardiff University. She fled to London at the behest of her childhood friend Eva after leaving an abusive ex named Evan. By day, Rory works part-time as a delivery person for Yu-Fei Cheung's Golden Empress restaurant. She lives in a flat above Silas' bar.</backstory> </character> <location id="861" name="The Fae Grove" aliases="Isolde's grove, Richmond grove, the Grove" realm="Earth (Fae-touched)"> <parkLocation>Richmond Park</parkLocation> <standingStones>ancient oak standing stones mark the boundary</standingStones> <timeBehavior>time moves differently — an hour inside can be minutes or days outside</timeBehavior> <flora>wildflowers bloom year-round</flora> <description>A hidden clearing that exists in a pocket between Earth and the Fae realm.</description> </location> <item id="2001" name="Heartstone Pendant" aliases="the pendant, Heartstone" type="Artifact" origin="Dymas"> <gemstoneColor>deep crimson</gemstoneColor> <chainMaterial>silver chain</chainMaterial> <size>roughly the size of a thumbnail</size> <behavior>pulses faintly with warmth when near a Hel portal</behavior> <glow>faint inner glow</glow> <description>Given to Aurora by an unknown benefactor.</description> </item> </codex> Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the horror genre. A character is alone in a strange, isolated place at night. They came here for a reason, but something feels off from the moment they arrive. The wrongness builds slowly — sounds that shouldn't be there, things that move at the edge of vision, a growing certainty that they are not alone. Build tension through restraint, not through gore. Use the codex entries above as your world reference for the character and setting. Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary.

Model response

AI
The grove's silence pressed against Aurora's eardrums like a physical weight. Moonlight filtered through ancient oak branches, casting fractured shadows across wildflowers that shouldn't bloom this late in autumn. Her breath formed small clouds in air that felt too still, too cold. She'd come seeking answers — about the pendant hanging against her chest, about the whispers that had been haunting her dreams. The silver chain felt heavier than usual, the deep crimson heartstone pulsing with a subtle warmth that seemed to synchronize with her own heartbeat. Something moved at the edge of her vision. A flicker. A suggestion of movement that vanished when she turned her head. The standing stones ringed the clearing, massive oak sentinels with bark so old and gnarled it looked like twisted faces frozen mid-scream. Her fingers traced the small crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist — a nervous habit from childhood. The scar tingled, almost as if it were remembering something she'd forgotten. A sound. Soft. Like fabric brushing against dry leaves. Behind her. Aurora didn't turn immediately. Years of quick thinking had taught her that panic was the enemy. She breathed slowly, listening. The wildflowers seemed to lean away from her, their petals trembling despite the absolute absence of wind. When she did turn, nothing was there. Nothing except the sense that something was watching her. Not with malevolence. With something closer to curiosity. The heartstone pendant grew warmer.

Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.0000% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags0
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
57.6271% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <1% AI-ism adverbs (57 tracked)
wordCount236
totalAiIsmAdverbs1
found
0
adverb"slowly"
count1
highlights
0"slowly"
100.0000% AI-ism character names
Target: 0 AI-default names (17 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
100.0000% AI-ism location names
Target: 0 AI-default location names (33 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
0.0000% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <1% AI-ism words (140 tracked)
wordCount236
totalAiIsms4
found
0
word"sentinels"
count1
1
word"flicker"
count1
2
word"fractured"
count1
3
word"weight"
count1
highlights
0"sentinels"
1"flicker"
2"fractured"
3"weight"
100.0000% Cliche density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches0
maxInWindow0
found(empty)
highlights(empty)
100.0000% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells0
narrationSentences24
matches(empty)
100.0000% Filter word density
Target: ≤12% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount2
narrationSentences24
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches
0"seemed to"
100.0000% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤10% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences24
matches(empty)
100.0000% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs10
mean23.6
std17.55
cv0.743
sampleLengths
042
145
221
351
49
52
637
77
817
95
100.0000% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤5% passive sentences
passiveCount0
totalSentences24
matches(empty)
100.0000% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤10% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount2
totalVerbs40
matches
0"were remembering"
1"was watching"
94.0000% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount236
adjectiveStacks1
stackExamples
0"small crescent-shaped scar"
adverbCount8
adverbRatio0.03389830508474576
lyAdverbCount2
lyAdverbRatio0.00847457627118644
100.0000% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences24
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.0000% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences24
mean9.83
std6.82
cv0.693
sampleLengths
011
118
213
321
424
58
62
711
822
917
1012
112
121
136
142
154
1612
174
1817
197
209
213
225
235
95.8333% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats1
diversityRatio0.625
totalSentences24
uniqueOpeners15
100.0000% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤30% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags0
fancyCount0
fancyTags(empty)
91.0271%