Run: 2026-02-17-01KHMWSA8R223QPRRSS014SAK5

Run Details

Model:: Claude 3.5 Haiku
Test:: Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:: Romance: separated couple reunites
Duration:: 6.4s
Cost:: $0.001751

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>

<character id="4415" name="Lucien Moreau" aliases="Lucien, Luc, the Frenchman" pronouns="he/him" species="Half-Demon" storyRole="Ally">
  <eyeColor>heterochromatic — one amber, one black</eyeColor>
  <hair>slicked-back platinum blond</hair>
  <height>5'11"</height>
  <age>32</age>
  <cane>ivory-handled cane that conceals a thin blade</cane>
  <dress>tailored charcoal suits</dress>
  <description>An impeccably dressed fixer and information broker in London's supernatural underworld. He speaks four languages fluently.</description>
  <backstory>Born in Marseille to a human mother and a demon father from the realm of Avaros.</backstory>
</character>

<location id="858" name="Eva's Flat" aliases="Eva's place, the flat on Brick Lane" realm="Earth">
  <cat>tabby cat named Ptolemy</cat>
  <security>three deadbolts on the front door</security>
  <description>A cramped one-bedroom flat above a curry house on Brick Lane, East London. Every surface is covered with books, scrolls, and research notes.</description>
</location>
</codex>

Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the romance genre.

Two people who parted on complicated terms are forced together again when one shows up unannounced at the other's flat. There's history between them — attraction, hurt, and things left unsaid. Write the scene from the moment the door opens.

Use the codex entries above as your world reference for characters and setting.
Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary.

Model response

The knock came sharp and precise, three quick raps that cut through the quiet of Eva's flat. Aurora knew that rhythm. Her fingers paused mid-page, hovering over a worn research journal, Ptolemy the tabby cat lifting his head from her lap.

She knew who it was before she even rose from the overstuffed armchair. Lucien.

Aurora crossed the small space, passing stacks of books and scrolls precariously balanced on every available surface. Her bare feet made no sound on the worn wooden floor. The three deadbolts seemed to whisper with tension as she reached for the handle.

When she opened the door, he was exactly as she remembered: immaculate charcoal suit, platinum hair slicked back, those mismatched eyes—one amber, one black—cutting straight through her defenses.

"Hello, Rory," Lucien said, his French accent threading through the words like silk.

She didn't invite him in. Didn't step back. Just crossed her arms, blocking the doorway. "You have a lot of nerve showing up here."

His lips—those lips she knew far too well—curved into the faintest smile. "May I come in?"

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

100.0000%

Adverbs in dialogue tags

Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs

totalTags	1
adverbTagCount	0
adverbTags	(empty)

100.0000%

AI-ism adverb frequency

Target: <1% AI-ism adverbs (57 tracked)

wordCount	183
totalAiIsmAdverbs	0
found	(empty)
highlights	(empty)

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)

45.3552%

AI-ism word frequency

Target: <1% AI-ism words (140 tracked)

wordCount

183

totalAiIsms

found

word	"silk"
count	1

highlights

"silk"

100.0000%

Cliche density

Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window

totalCliches	0
maxInWindow	0
found	(empty)
highlights	(empty)

100.0000%

Emotion telling (show vs. tell)

Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling

emotionTells	0
narrationSentences	14
matches	(empty)

100.0000%

Filter word density

Target: ≤12% sentences with filter/hedge words

filterCount

hedgeCount

narrationSentences

filterMatches

(empty)

hedgeMatches

0	"seemed to"

100.0000%

Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)

Target: ≤10% sentences with "that" clauses

thatCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"knew that rhythm"

84.5264%

Paragraph length variance

Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts

totalParagraphs

mean

25.43

std

11.34

0.446

sampleLengths

0	41
1	14
2	42
3	28
4	13
5	24
6	16

100.0000%

Passive voice overuse

Target: ≤5% passive sentences

passiveCount	0
totalSentences	14
matches	(empty)

100.0000%

Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse

Target: ≤10% past progressive verbs

pastProgressiveCount	0
totalVerbs	28
matches	(empty)

98.5417%

Purple prose (modifier overload)

Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking

wordCount	168
adjectiveStacks	0
stackExamples	(empty)
adverbCount	7
adverbRatio	0.041666666666666664
lyAdverbCount	2
lyAdverbRatio	0.011904761904761904

100.0000%

Repeated phrase echo

Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)

totalSentences	16
echoCount	0
echoWords	(empty)

100.0000%

Sentence length variance

Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts

totalSentences

mean

11.13

std

6.97

0.627

sampleLengths

0	17
1	4
2	20
3	13
4	1
5	17
6	11
7	14
8	28
9	13
10	5
11	3
12	7
13	9
14	12
15	4

100.0000%

Sentence opener variety

Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers

consecutiveRepeats	0
diversityRatio	0.75
totalSentences	16
uniqueOpeners	12

0.0000%

Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)

Target: ≤30% fancy dialogue tags

totalTags

fancyCount

fancyTags

0	"Lucien said, his French accent threading through the words like silk (say, thread)"

89.9072%