Run: 2026-02-19-01KHT02WQCGEMRTCVYEVDFKD79

Run Details

Model:
Writer: Palmyra X5
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
18.8s
Cost:
$0.010082
Provider:
Amazon Bedrock

Evaluation summary

Score Evaluator
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100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags (details)
100.00% AI-ism adverb frequency (details)
100.00% AI-ism character names (details)
100.00% AI-ism location names (details)
42.36% AI-ism word frequency (details)
100.00% Cliché density (details)
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell) (details)
100.00% Filter word density (details)
100.00% Gibberish response detection (details)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse (details)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks) (details)
16.67% Name drop frequency (details)
100.00% Narrator intent-glossing (details)
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse (details)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding) (details)
100.00% Paragraph length variance (details)
100.00% Passive voice overuse (details)
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse (details)
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
54.70% Sentence opener variety (details)
100.00% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
65.26% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
0.00% Technical jargon density (details)
66.18% Useless dialogue additions (details)
0.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
74.8390% Overall

Model input

System
You are an expert fiction writer. Always keep the following rules in mind: - Write in past tense and use General English spelling, grammar, and colloquialisms/slang. - Write in active voice - Always follow the "show, don't tell" principle. - Avoid adverbs and cliches and overused/commonly used phrases. Aim for fresh and original descriptions. - Convey events and story through dialogue. - Mix short, punchy sentences with long, descriptive ones. Drop fill words to add variety. - Skip "he/she said said" dialogue tags and convey people's actions or face expressions through their speech - Avoid mushy dialog and descriptions, have dialogue always continue the action, never stall or add unnecessary fluff. Vary the descriptions to not repeat yourself. - Put dialogue on its own paragraph to separate scene and action. - Reduce indicators of uncertainty like "trying" or "maybe" When writing text: - NEVER conclude the scene on your own, follow the beat instructions very closely. - NEVER end with foreshadowing. - NEVER write further than what I prompt you with. - AVOID imagining possible endings, NEVER deviate from the instructions. - STOP EARLY if the continuation contains what was required in the instructions. You do not need to fill out the full amount of words possible.
User/Human
Take into account the following glossary of characters/locations/items/lore... when writing your response: <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="4418" name="Nyx" aliases="Nyx, the Shadow, Nightwhisper" pronouns="they/them" species="Shade" storyRole="Wild Card"> <eyeColor>faintly glowing violet</eyeColor> <height>approximately 6'2" in solid form</height> <age>ageless</age> <form>humanoid silhouette of living shadow, can shift between solid and incorporeal</form> <voice>sounds like a whisper carried on the wind</voice> <description>A being of living shadow, existing between the mortal plane and the spaces between realms.</description> <backstory>Nyx was once a human sorcerer named Aldric who became trapped between realms during a failed summoning ritual in 1643. They now exist as a Shade, bound to the mortal plane but able to slip between shadows.</backstory> </character> <character id="4424" name="Isolde Varga" aliases="Isolde, the Seer" pronouns="she/her" species="Half-Fae" storyRole="Oracle"> <eyeColor>pale lavender</eyeColor> <hair>silver, reaching her waist</hair> <height>5'5"</height> <age>300 years old</age> <appearance>ethereal, ageless</appearance> <speech>speaks in riddles</speech> <footprints>leaves no footprints when she walks</footprints> <compulsion>cannot lie (Fae compulsion) but can mislead</compulsion> <description>A Half-Fae seer exiled from the Fae Courts for sharing visions with mortals.</description> <backstory>She now lives in a hidden grove in Richmond Park, offering cryptic prophecies to those who seek her out.</backstory> </character> <location id="853" name="Dymas (Gluttony)" aliases="Dymas, gluttony, Dymasian" realm="Hel" sin="Gluttony"> <ruler>Prince Belphegor</ruler> <skyColor>warm amber</skyColor> <description>A place of excess and indulgence. Sprawling vineyards, orchards, and gardens provide exotic ingredients for master chefs — often helbound souls contracted from Earth. Grand feasts and culinary competitions are common.</description> </location> <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> <item id="2006" name="Fae-Forged Blade" aliases="the Fae blade, Isolde's gift" type="Weapon" origin="The Fae Courts"> <material>moonsilver</material> <shape>slender, leaf-shaped dagger</shape> <temperature>always cold to the touch</temperature> <glow>faintly luminescent in moonlight</glow> <power>can cut through magical wards; particularly effective against demons</power> <givenTo>given to Aurora by Isolde as a gift</givenTo> <description>A weapon of the Fae Courts, rare and highly coveted.</description> </item> <lore id="7001" name="The Veil" aliases="the Veil, the Barrier, the Boundary" category="Cosmology"> <solsticeEffect>weakens during the winter solstice, strengthens during the summer solstice</solsticeEffect> <appearance>faint shimmering distortion visible only to those with supernatural sight</appearance> <monitoring>rift points (tears in the Veil) are monitored by the Wardens</monitoring> <description>The Veil is the metaphysical barrier separating Earth from Hel and the Fae Realms.</description> </lore> </codex> Continue the story using the following instructions: <instructions> Write a fully fleshed out scene of at least 1000 words in the fantasy genre. A small group enters an ancient, otherworldly place for the first time. The environment is alien and wondrous. Describe their exploration — what they see, hear, and feel as they move deeper. Include moments of discovery, unease, and wonder. Let the world-building emerge through the characters' experience rather than exposition. Use the codex entries above as your world reference for characters, setting, and lore. Only include the prose of the scene without any markdown or commentary. </instructions>

Model response

AI
Rain dripped from the edge of Rory’s hood, tapping once against her shoulder before vanishing into the dark loam beneath her boots. The trees ahead weren’t trees, not exactly. Their trunks were too smooth, too pale, like polished bone, curving upward into ribbed canopies that pulsed faintly, as though breathing. The air tasted thick — sweet and earthy, like overripe figs left in sunlight. Behind her, Nyx shifted, a ripple in the dimness. “This is it,” they whispered, the voice not coming from one place but from all around, slipping between roots and hollows. “The Veil thins here. We’re already walking between.” Rory touched the pendant at her throat. The Heartstone glowed faintly beneath her fingers, warm like a second pulse. “I can feel it. Like static under my skin.” Ahead, Isolde stepped forward, bare feet silent on the moss. Silver hair spilled down her back, untouched by wind, though the air moved — slow, deliberate breaths that didn’t match any natural rhythm. She passed between two of the bone-white trees without hesitation. One moment she was there. The next, the space behind her shimmered, like heat over asphalt, and she was gone. “Wait,” Rory hissed, reaching out. A hand — cold, solid shadow — caught her wrist. “You don’t step into the Grove,” Nyx murmured beside her now, form coalescing into something almost human, tall and narrow, eyes like dimmed amethysts. “It lets you in. Or it doesn’t.” Rory exhaled. She took a step. Then another. The world folded. One foot on wet English soil. The next on something soft and luminous, like moss fed by moonlight. The rain stopped. The sky — if it was a sky — arched above in swirls of lavender and indigo, neither day nor night, but a perpetual twilight shot through with drifting motes of silver light. Flowers bloomed at the edges of her vision, then vanished when she turned to look. The scent of elderflower and burnt sugar curled in her nose. “This isn’t Richmond Park,” she muttered. “No,” Nyx said, voice softer now. “This is what lies beneath it. What sleeps between.” Isolde stood at the center of a ring of ancient oaks, their trunks wide as cottages, etched with runes that flickered when stared at too long. At their base, mushrooms glowed a soft gold, pulsing in time with the Heartstone. Rory’s pendant flared, then settled. “You’re expected,” Isolde said without turning. Her voice carried the weight of something older than language. Rory’s hand drifted to the dagger at her belt. Moonsilver. Cold against her hip. “By who?” “The Grove.” Isolde turned, eyes pale as fog. “It remembers your bloodline. Your mother’s grandmother walked these stones. She sang to the roots. They remember.” Rory stiffened. “I didn’t know that.” “You weren’t meant to.” Isolde smiled, faint and sad. “Knowledge is a meal served cold. Some digest it. Others choke.” Nyx drifted forward, fingertips brushing the nearest standing stone. The runes there brightened, then dimmed. “There’s a rift here,” they said. “Not wide. Not yet. But it’s been pried open before.” “By who?” Rory asked. Isolde tilted her head. “A cook. With a knife made of sin and a contract signed in marrow.” Rory frowned. “That’s… not helpful.” “It is what I can give.” She wanted to argue. But the air changed. A hush, sudden and deep, like the forest had drawn breath. The flowers at their feet unfurled anew — petals of deep violet, edged in silver, turning toward Isolde like sunflowers to dawn. Then the ground trembled. Not violently. Just a ripple, soft and slow, as if something vast was shifting far below. The Heartstone surged, hot against her chest. Rory gasped, staggering. Nyx was at her side in an instant. “It’s reacting. The rift — it’s alive. Or something on the other side is.” “Dymas,” Isolde whispered. Rory’s breath caught. “The Hel realm? Here?” “The Veil is porous in places,” Isolde said. “Dymas feeds on longing. On hunger. And this Grove… has known centuries of want. Neglect. It aches.” Nyx’s form flickered, edges blurring. “There’s a portal. Not here. But close. Beneath the hill. Guarded.” Rory glanced toward the mound at the grove’s edge. “And we need to go there.” “You want the truth about the pendant,” Nyx said. “About why it was given to you. That path runs through Dymas. Whether you walk it now or later doesn’t change the destination.” Rory looked down at her hand. The crescent scar on her wrist tingled, a ghost memory of glass and blood. “I didn’t ask for this.” “No,” Isolde said. “But you’re here. And the Grove has opened to you. That is no accident.” The wind returned, but wrong — it smelled of saffron and iron now, of something roasting too long. A low hum vibrated through the ground, like the drone of a thousand bees buried deep. Rory stepped forward, toward the mound. The moss parted beneath her boots, revealing stairs carved from black stone, slick with dew. They descended in a slow spiral, vanishing into darkness that didn’t look natural — too thick, too absolute. Nyx followed, shadow pooling around their feet. “Light,” they murmured, and for a moment, violet sparks danced between their fingers, casting long, trembling shadows. Isolde remained at the ring of oaks. “Go,” she said. “But do not eat. Do not drink. Do not speak the name of hunger.” Rory gripped the Fae-forged blade as she started down. The air warmed with each step. The scent intensified — cinnamon, caramel, charred meat. But beneath it, something sour, spoiled. Her stomach twisted, not with nausea, but with want. At the bottom, a door. Not wood. Not stone. Woven from vines thick as arms, pulsing like veins. In the center, a knot shaped like a gaping mouth, lips of bark and thorn. Rory reached out. Nyx caught her wrist. “Once it tastes you, it knows your hunger. What you crave. What you’ve starved for.” She looked at them. “And if I open it?” “Then you’re invited,” Nyx whispered. “And Dymas doesn’t let guests leave empty-handed.” The Heartstone burned. The door quivered. Somewhere beyond it, a bell rang — deep, resonant, like a gong struck underwater. Rory withdrew her hand. Above, the sky pulsed once, violet streaking across the twilight. The Grove held its breath.
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moderation_latency183
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags17
adverbTagCount0
adverbTags(empty)
dialogueSentences41
tagDensity0.415
leniency0.829
rawRatio0
effectiveRatio0
100.00% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount1041
totalAiIsmAdverbs0
found(empty)
highlights(empty)
100.00% AI-ism character names
Target: 0 AI-default names (17 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
100.00% AI-ism location names
Target: 0 AI-default location names (33 tracked, −20% each)
codexExemptions(empty)
found(empty)
42.36% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount1041
totalAiIsms12
found
0
word"pulsed"
count2
1
word"pulse"
count1
2
word"shimmered"
count1
3
word"etched"
count1
4
word"flickered"
count2
5
word"carried the weight"
count1
6
word"trembled"
count1
7
word"vibrated"
count1
8
word"stomach"
count1
9
word"quivered"
count1
highlights
0"pulsed"
1"pulse"
2"shimmered"
3"etched"
4"flickered"
5"carried the weight"
6"trembled"
7"vibrated"
8"stomach"
9"quivered"
100.00% Cliché density
Target: ≤1 cliche(s) per 800-word window
totalCliches0
maxInWindow0
found(empty)
highlights(empty)
100.00% Emotion telling (show vs. tell)
Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling
emotionTells0
narrationSentences93
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences93
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences117
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen31
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans0
markdownWords0
totalWords1050
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions16
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
16.67% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions45
wordCount766
uniqueNames7
maxNameDensity2.22
worstName"Rory"
maxWindowNameDensity4.5
worstWindowName"Rory"
discoveredNames
Rory17
Nyx10
Heartstone4
Isolde11
English1
Fae-forged1
Grove1
persons
0"Rory"
1"Nyx"
2"Heartstone"
3"Isolde"
places(empty)
globalScore0.39
windowScore0.167
100.00% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences51
glossingSentenceCount1
matches
0"as though breathing"
0.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches3
per1kWords2.857
wordCount1050
matches
0"not coming from one place but from all around, slipping between roots"
1"neither day nor"
2"not with nausea, but with want"
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences117
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs52
mean20.19
std16.75
cv0.829
sampleLengths
064
138
228
363
45
541
68
73
880
96
1015
1145
1216
1316
1425
156
1620
1731
184
1918
205
216
2241
234
2426
2522
263
277
2825
2916
3015
3132
3225
3317
3434
356
3633
3724
3824
399
4029
415
4228
433
4419
459
4612
476
4814
494
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount1
totalSentences93
matches
0"was gone"
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount1
totalVerbs144
matches
0"was shifting"
0.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount11
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences9
totalSentences117
ratio0.077
matches
0"The air tasted thick — sweet and earthy, like overripe figs left in sunlight."
1"Silver hair spilled down her back, untouched by wind, though the air moved — slow, deliberate breaths that didn’t match any natural rhythm."
2"A hand — cold, solid shadow — caught her wrist."
3"The sky — if it was a sky — arched above in swirls of lavender and indigo, neither day nor night, but a perpetual twilight shot through with drifting motes of silver light."
4"The flowers at their feet unfurled anew — petals of deep violet, edged in silver, turning toward Isolde like sunflowers to dawn."
5"The wind returned, but wrong — it smelled of saffron and iron now, of something roasting too long."
6"They descended in a slow spiral, vanishing into darkness that didn’t look natural — too thick, too absolute."
7"The scent intensified — cinnamon, caramel, charred meat."
8"Somewhere beyond it, a bell rang — deep, resonant, like a gong struck underwater."
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount757
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount28
adverbRatio0.036988110964332896
lyAdverbCount4
lyAdverbRatio0.005284015852047556
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences117
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences117
mean8.97
std6.13
cv0.683
sampleLengths
022
17
221
314
49
521
68
77
812
99
1010
1123
1210
135
1415
155
1610
1724
187
192
204
212
223
236
2412
253
2633
2715
2811
296
306
319
3226
3314
345
356
3610
379
381
394
402
418
4217
432
444
459
4611
479
486
496
54.70% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats6
diversityRatio0.358974358974359
totalSentences117
uniqueOpeners42
100.00% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount3
totalSentences76
matches
0"Then the ground trembled."
1"Just a ripple, soft and"
2"Somewhere beyond it, a bell"
ratio0.039
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount10
totalSentences76
matches
0"Their trunks were too smooth,"
1"they whispered, the voice not"
2"She passed between two of"
3"She took a step."
4"Her voice carried the weight"
5"She wanted to argue."
6"They descended in a slow"
7"they murmured, and for a"
8"Her stomach twisted, not with"
9"She looked at them."
ratio0.132
65.26% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount60
totalSentences76
matches
0"Rain dripped from the edge"
1"The trees ahead weren’t trees,"
2"Their trunks were too smooth,"
3"The air tasted thick —"
4"they whispered, the voice not"
5"Rory touched the pendant at"
6"The Heartstone glowed faintly beneath"
7"She passed between two of"
8"The next, the space behind"
9"Rory hissed, reaching out"
10"A hand — cold, solid"
11"Nyx murmured beside her now,"
12"She took a step."
13"The world folded."
14"The next on something soft"
15"The rain stopped."
16"The sky — if it"
17"Flowers bloomed at the edges"
18"The scent of elderflower and"
19"Nyx said, voice softer now"
ratio0.789
0.00% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount0
totalSentences76
matches(empty)
ratio0
0.00% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences27
technicalSentenceCount6
matches
0"Rain dripped from the edge of Rory’s hood, tapping once against her shoulder before vanishing into the dark loam beneath her boots."
1"Their trunks were too smooth, too pale, like polished bone, curving upward into ribbed canopies that pulsed faintly, as though breathing."
2"Silver hair spilled down her back, untouched by wind, though the air moved — slow, deliberate breaths that didn’t match any natural rhythm."
3"Isolde stood at the center of a ring of ancient oaks, their trunks wide as cottages, etched with runes that flickered when stared at too long."
4"Just a ripple, soft and slow, as if something vast was shifting far below."
5"They descended in a slow spiral, vanishing into darkness that didn’t look natural — too thick, too absolute."
66.18% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags17
uselessAdditionCount2
matches
0"Nyx said, voice softer now"
1"Isolde turned, eyes pale as fog"
0.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags15
fancyCount7
fancyTags
0"they whispered (whisper)"
1"Rory hissed (hiss)"
2"Nyx murmured (murmur)"
3"she muttered (mutter)"
4"Isolde whispered (whisper)"
5"they murmured (murmur)"
6"Nyx whispered (whisper)"
dialogueSentences41
tagDensity0.366
leniency0.732
rawRatio0.467
effectiveRatio0.341
74.8390%