Run: 2026-02-17-01KHMX0SW7X17HVBR9378JGGJT

Run Details

Model:: Claude 3.5 Haiku
Test:: Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:: Romance: separated couple reunites
Duration:: 10.0s
Cost:: $0.002327

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 sudden, three precise raps that cut through the quiet of Eva's flat. Aurora's fingers paused mid-page, a half-empty mug of tea cooling beside her research notes. Ptolemy, the tabby cat, lifted his head from where he'd been napping, ears twitching.

Another knock. More insistent.

She knew that rhythm. Before her brain could catch up, her body was already moving—setting down the yellowed manuscript, sliding between stacks of books that teetered precariously on every available surface.

Lucien stood in the hallway when she opened the door, looking impossibly put-together. Charcoal suit crisp, platinum hair slicked back, one hand resting on the ivory handle of his concealed blade-cane. His mismatched eyes—one amber, one black—swept over her with an intensity that made her breath catch.

"You weren't supposed to be here," Aurora said. Not a greeting. A statement.

A corner of his mouth lifted. Not quite a smile. "Surprise."

She hadn't seen him in eight months. Not since that night in Manchester. Not since everything fell apart.

The hallway behind him was dim, the scent of curry rising from the restaurant below filtering through the stairwell. Ptolemy wound between her ankles, sensing something electric in the air.

"You look well," Lucien said. His French accent threaded through the words, softer than usual. Controlled.

Her hand gripped the doorframe. Three deadbolts gleamed behind her, a silent warning. "What do you want?"

His gaze dropped to the small crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist—a childhood accident he'd heard about but never seen. A intimacy that hung between them, unacknowledged.

"May I come in?"

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

100.0000%

Adverbs in dialogue tags

Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs

totalTags	2
adverbTagCount	0
adverbTags	(empty)

100.0000%

AI-ism adverb frequency

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

wordCount	272
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)

100.0000%

AI-ism word frequency

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

wordCount	272
totalAiIsms	0
found	(empty)
highlights	(empty)

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	27
matches	(empty)

100.0000%

Filter word density

Target: ≤12% sentences with filter/hedge words

filterCount	0
hedgeCount	0
narrationSentences	27
filterMatches	(empty)
hedgeMatches	(empty)

100.0000%

Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)

Target: ≤10% sentences with "that" clauses

thatCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"knew that rhythm"

100.0000%

Paragraph length variance

Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts

totalParagraphs

mean

21.92

std

13.7

0.625

sampleLengths

0	45
1	4
2	31
3	47
4	13
5	11
6	18
7	30
8	16
9	17
10	27
11	4

100.0000%

Passive voice overuse

Target: ≤5% passive sentences

passiveCount	0
totalSentences	27
matches	(empty)

100.0000%

Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse

Target: ≤10% past progressive verbs

pastProgressiveCount	0
totalVerbs	38
matches	(empty)

94.0000%

Purple prose (modifier overload)

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

wordCount

254

adjectiveStacks

stackExamples

0	"small crescent-shaped scar"

adverbCount

adverbRatio

0.023622047244094488

lyAdverbCount

lyAdverbRatio

0.007874015748031496

100.0000%

Repeated phrase echo

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

totalSentences	30
echoCount	0
echoWords	(empty)

100.0000%

Sentence length variance

Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts

totalSentences

mean

8.77

std

6.57

0.75

sampleLengths

0	17
1	14
2	14
3	2
4	2
5	4
6	27
7	13
8	18
9	16
10	8
11	3
12	2
13	6
14	4
15	1
16	7
17	6
18	5
19	19
20	11
21	5
22	10
23	1
24	5
25	8
26	4
27	20
28	7
29	4

93.3333%

Sentence opener variety

Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers

consecutiveRepeats	2
diversityRatio	0.6333333333333333
totalSentences	30
uniqueOpeners	19

100.0000%

Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)

Target: ≤30% fancy dialogue tags

totalTags	2
fancyCount	0
fancyTags	(empty)

99.2549%