Run: 2026-05-10-01KR8YM81CQS038DWVQQC6ZFZ6

Run Details

Model:: Gemma 4 26B (Reasoning)
Test:: Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:: Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:: 1m 28s
Cost:: $0.000576
Provider:: DekaLLM

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
100.00%	Adverbs in dialogue tags	(details)
90.80%	AI-ism adverb frequency	(details)
100.00%	AI-ism character names	(details)
100.00%	AI-ism location names	(details)
0.00%	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)
65.67%	Name drop frequency	(details)
100.00%	Narrator intent-glossing	(details)
100.00%	"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)
94.00%	Purple prose (modifier overload)	(details)
100.00%	Repeated phrase echo	(details)
100.00%	Sentence length variance	(details)
42.59%	Sentence opener variety	(details)
46.95%	Adverb-first sentence starts	(details)
100.00%	Pronoun-first sentence starts	(details)
16.34%	Subject-first sentence starts	(details)
0.00%	Subordinate conjunction sentence starts	(details)
48.52%	Technical jargon density	(details)
100.00%	Useless dialogue additions	(details)
100.00%	Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)	(details)
80.1624%	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

The oak standing stones loomed over the Richmond Park path like ancient, petrified giants. Moss clung to their gnarled surfaces, thick and damp, smelling of centuries of rain. Aurora ran a thumb over the small, crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist, a nervous habit that grounded her when the air felt too thin. Ahead, the space between the two central stones rippled. It looked like heat rising from asphalt in a London summer, a shimmering distortion that blurred the trees on the other side.

Isolde stepped toward the ripple first. Her silver hair caught the dim afternoon light, trailing behind her like a comet’s tail. She moved with a grace that defied the uneven ground, her feet pressing into the grass without leaving a single indentation. 

A step into the shimmer. 

The world didn't just change; it inverted. The muffled sounds of distant London traffic—the low hum of tires on tarmac, the faint siren in the distance—vanished. In their place came a heavy, melodic thrum, a vibration that settled deep in Aurora’s marrow. The air tasted of crushed jasmine and ozone.

Aurora stumbled as the ground beneath her boots shifted from solid turf to something resembling sponge. She caught her balance, her hand instinctively flying to the hilt of the moonsilver dagger at her hip. The metal felt biting, a sharp contrast to the sudden, humid warmth of the grove.

“The threshold holds, but the path breathes.”

Isolde stood a few paces ahead, her pale lavender eyes fixed on the canopy above. The trees here weren't oak or ash. They were towering, translucent structures that resembled weeping willows carved from amethyst. Their long, trailing branches glowed with a soft, internal light, casting long, violet shadows across a forest floor carpeted in bioluminescent ferns.

Nyx drifted past Aurora, less a person walking and more a smear of ink moving through water. The Shade’s silhouette deepened as they entered the deeper shade of the amethyst trees. Their violet eyes flared briefly, two pinpricks of light in a void.

“The stillness here is loud.”

The voice arrived not through Aurora’s ears, but as a vibration in the air, a whisper carried on a wind that didn't exist.

Aurora looked down. The ferns beneath her feet curled away from her boots, recoiling like sensitive plants in a laboratory. Every step felt intrusive, a violation of a silent, sleeping giant. She reached into her shirt, her fingers brushing the Heartstone pendant. The crimson gem felt unnaturally warm against her skin, a steady, rhythmic pulse that matched her own quickening heartbeat.

“Is it always this... bright?”

Aurora gestured toward the canopy. Instead of a sun, a swirling nebula of gold and teal light drifted between the branches, providing a diffuse, sourceless glow. It moved with the slow, hypnotic pace of a jellyfish in a deep ocean current.

Isolde didn't turn around. She continued her trek, her silver hair brushing against the glowing ferns.

“Light is merely the shadow of truth cast upon the eyes.”

Aurora exchanged a glance with Nyx. The Shade had stopped by a cluster of bell-shaped flowers that pulsed with a soft amber light. As Nyx approached, the flowers dimmed, their glow retreating into the stems.

“They fear the dark, even when it walks among them.”

Nyx’s presence seemed to pull the very color out of the immediate surroundings, leaving a pocket of grey in the vibrant, neon landscape. 

Aurora moved closer to the center of the path, where the ground rose into a gentle slope. The vegetation grew denser here. Vines as thick as a man’s thigh coiled around the amethyst trunks, their surfaces etched with glowing runes that flickered in and out of existence. Every time a rune flashed, the air hummed, a low-frequency note that made Aurora's teeth ache.

She gripped the moonsilver blade. The coldness of the metal seeped through her jeans, a grounding chill. 

The Heartstone grew hotter. The warmth transitioned into a prickling heat, spreading from her chest to her collarbone. Aurora slowed her pace, her eyes scanning the shifting colors of the grove. The sense of being watched wasn't a sudden prickle on her neck; it was a constant, heavy weight, as if the atmosphere itself had eyes.

“The stone is reacting.”

Aurora pulled the pendant out from under her shirt. The deep crimson gem was no longer just glowing; it was throbbed with a fierce, internal light, casting a bloody hue over her trembling fingers. 

“It’s getting warmer. Almost like it’s burning me.”

Isolde stopped at the crest of the slope. She turned, her expression unreadable, her lavender eyes reflecting the swirling nebula above.

“A hearth for the traveler, or a warning for the fool.”

Beyond Isolde, the grove opened into a wide, circular clearing. In the center, a massive, ancient tree stood, its bark white as bone and its leaves composed of thin, shimmering shards of glass. The shards clattered together in a wind Aurora couldn't feel, producing a sound like a thousand tiny wind chimes.

But it wasn't the tree that drew Aurora's attention. It was the air surrounding it. 

A jagged tear hung suspended in mid-air, perhaps five feet across. It didn't shimmer like the Veil at the entrance. This was a raw, violent wound in the reality of the grove. It bled a thick, amber light that smelled of overripe fruit and scorched sugar. 

The Heartstone in Aurora’s hand suddenly flared, the heat becoming a sharp, stinging sensation.

“That’s not part of the grove.”

Aurora took a step toward the clearing, her eyes locked on the amber rift. The scent of the rift was overwhelming now—cloying, sweet, and thick enough to coat the back of her throat.

Nyx drifted toward the tear, their form stretching and thinning as they neared the distortion. The shadows around the Shade began to boil, losing their cohesion.

“A door left ajar. A mouth waiting to feed.”

The amber light from the rift cast long, distorted shadows across the clearing. As the light hit the glass leaves of the central tree, it refracted into a chaotic kaleidoscope of colors, dancing wildly across the bone-white bark. The ground near the rift didn't just feel soft; it felt alive, the earth heaving in slow, rhythmic breaths.

Aurora gripped her dagger, the moonsilver cool and steady against her palm, even as the Heartstone continued to pulse with a feverish, rhythmic heat against her chest. The thrum in the air escalated, rising in pitch until it was a whine that vibrated in her skull.

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

100.00%

Adverbs in dialogue tags

Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs

totalTags

90.80%

AI-ism adverb frequency

Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)

wordCount

1087

totalAiIsmAdverbs

found

adverb	"very"
count	1

adverb	"suddenly"
count	1

highlights

0	"very"
1	"suddenly"

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)

0.00%

AI-ism word frequency

Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)

wordCount

1087

totalAiIsms

found

word	"loomed"
count	1

word	"warmth"
count	2

word	"whisper"
count	1

word	"rhythmic"
count	3

word	"pulse"
count	2

word	"pulsed"
count	1

word	"etched"
count	1

word	"flickered"
count	1

word	"chill"
count	1

word	"scanning"
count	1

word	"sense of"
count	1

word	"weight"
count	1

word	"throbbed"
count	1

word	"unreadable"
count	1

word	"chaotic"
count	1

word	"kaleidoscope"
count	1

word	"dancing"
count	1

word	"vibrated"
count	1

highlights

0	"loomed"
1	"warmth"
2	"whisper"
3	"rhythmic"
4	"pulse"
5	"pulsed"
6	"etched"
7	"flickered"
8	"chill"
9	"scanning"
10	"sense of"
11	"weight"
12	"throbbed"
13	"unreadable"
14	"chaotic"
15	"kaleidoscope"
16	"dancing"
17	"vibrated"

100.00%

Cliché density

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

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

100.00%

Emotion telling (show vs. tell)

Target: ≤3% sentences with emotion telling

emotionTells	0
narrationSentences	71
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Filter word density

Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words

filterCount

hedgeCount

narrationSentences

filterMatches

(empty)

hedgeMatches

0	"seemed to"
1	"began to"

100.00%

Gibberish response detection

Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)

analyzedSentences	81
gibberishSentences	0
adjustedGibberishSentences	0
longSentenceCount	0
runOnParagraphCount	0
giantParagraphCount	0
wordSaladCount	0
repetitionLoopCount	0
controlTokenCount	0
repeatedSegmentCount	0
maxSentenceWordsSeen	27
ratio	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Markdown formatting overuse

Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting

markdownSpans	0
markdownWords	0
totalWords	1084
ratio	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)

Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks

totalAttributions	2
unquotedAttributions	0
matches	(empty)

65.67%

Name drop frequency

Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words

totalMentions

wordCount

1008

uniqueNames

maxNameDensity

1.69

worstName

"Aurora"

maxWindowNameDensity

2.5

worstWindowName

"Aurora"

discoveredNames

Richmond	1
Park	1
London	2
Aurora	17
Shade	3
Heartstone	4
Nyx	5
Isolde	5
Veil	1

persons

0	"Aurora"
1	"Shade"
2	"Heartstone"
3	"Nyx"
4	"Isolde"

places

0	"Richmond"
1	"Park"
2	"London"

globalScore

0.657

windowScore

0.833

100.00%

Narrator intent-glossing

Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns

analyzedSentences

glossingSentenceCount

matches

0	"looked like heat rising from asphalt in a"

100.00%

"Not X but Y" pattern overuse

Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words

totalMatches

per1kWords

0.923

wordCount

1084

matches

0	"not through Aurora’s ears, but as a vibration in the air, a whisper carried on a wind"

100.00%

Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)

Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses

thatCount	0
totalSentences	81
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Paragraph length variance

Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts

totalParagraphs

mean

30.11

std

21.1

0.701

sampleLengths

0	84
1	42
2	5
3	50
4	49
5	7
6	56
7	43
8	5
9	23
10	61
11	5
12	41
13	16
14	11
15	35
16	10
17	23
18	63
19	17
20	56
21	4
22	34
23	8
24	21
25	11
26	52
27	15
28	46
29	14
30	6
31	33
32	26
33	9
34	57
35	46

100.00%

Passive voice overuse

Target: ≤2% passive sentences

passiveCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"was throbbed"

100.00%

Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse

Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs

pastProgressiveCount

totalVerbs

143

matches

0	"were towering"

0.00%

Em-dash & semicolon overuse

Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons

emDashCount

semicolonCount

flaggedSentences

totalSentences

ratio

0.074

matches

0	"The world didn't just change; it inverted."
1	"The muffled sounds of distant London traffic—the low hum of tires on tarmac, the faint siren in the distance—vanished."
2	"The sense of being watched wasn't a sudden prickle on her neck; it was a constant, heavy weight, as if the atmosphere itself had eyes."
3	"The deep crimson gem was no longer just glowing; it was throbbed with a fierce, internal light, casting a bloody hue over her trembling fingers."
4	"The scent of the rift was overwhelming now—cloying, sweet, and thick enough to coat the back of her throat."
5	"The ground near the rift didn't just feel soft; it felt alive, the earth heaving in slow, rhythmic breaths."

94.00%

Purple prose (modifier overload)

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

wordCount

1016

adjectiveStacks

stackExamples

0	"small, crescent-shaped scar"

adverbCount

adverbRatio

0.021653543307086614

lyAdverbCount

lyAdverbRatio

0.004921259842519685

100.00%

Repeated phrase echo

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

totalSentences	81
echoCount	0
echoWords	(empty)

100.00%

Sentence length variance

Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts

totalSentences

mean

13.38

std

6.17

0.461

sampleLengths

0	14
1	14
2	25
3	9
4	22
5	6
6	15
7	21
8	5
9	7
10	19
11	16
12	8
13	16
14	18
15	15
16	7
17	15
18	7
19	12
20	22
21	17
22	14
23	12
24	5
25	23
26	3
27	17
28	11
29	11
30	19
31	5
32	5
33	21
34	15
35	4
36	12
37	11
38	6
39	17
40	12
41	10
42	23
43	17
44	5
45	25
46	16
47	5
48	12
49	4

42.59%

Sentence opener variety

Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers

consecutiveRepeats	6
diversityRatio	0.2839506172839506
totalSentences	81
uniqueOpeners	23

46.95%

Adverb-first sentence starts

Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb

adverbCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"Instead of a sun, a"

ratio

0.014

100.00%

Pronoun-first sentence starts

Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun

pronounCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"It looked like heat rising"
1	"Her silver hair caught the"
2	"She moved with a grace"
3	"She caught her balance, her"
4	"They were towering, translucent structures"
5	"Their long, trailing branches glowed"
6	"Their violet eyes flared briefly,"
7	"She reached into her shirt,"
8	"It moved with the slow,"
9	"She continued her trek, her"
10	"She gripped the moonsilver blade."
11	"She turned, her expression unreadable,"
12	"It was the air surrounding"
13	"It didn't shimmer like the"
14	"It bled a thick, amber"

ratio

0.211

16.34%

Subject-first sentence starts

Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject

subjectCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"The oak standing stones loomed"
1	"Moss clung to their gnarled"
2	"Aurora ran a thumb over"
3	"It looked like heat rising"
4	"Isolde stepped toward the ripple"
5	"Her silver hair caught the"
6	"She moved with a grace"
7	"A step into the shimmer."
8	"The world didn't just change;"
9	"The muffled sounds of distant"
10	"The air tasted of crushed"
11	"Aurora stumbled as the ground"
12	"She caught her balance, her"
13	"The metal felt biting, a"
14	"Isolde stood a few paces"
15	"The trees here weren't oak"
16	"They were towering, translucent structures"
17	"Their long, trailing branches glowed"
18	"Nyx drifted past Aurora, less"
19	"The Shade’s silhouette deepened as"

ratio

0.887

0.00%

Subordinate conjunction sentence starts

Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction

subConjCount	0
totalSentences	71
matches	(empty)
ratio	0

48.52%

Technical jargon density

Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns

analyzedSentences

technicalSentenceCount

matches

0	"Aurora ran a thumb over the small, crescent-shaped scar on her left wrist, a nervous habit that grounded her when the air felt too thin."
1	"It looked like heat rising from asphalt in a London summer, a shimmering distortion that blurred the trees on the other side."
2	"She moved with a grace that defied the uneven ground, her feet pressing into the grass without leaving a single indentation."
3	"They were towering, translucent structures that resembled weeping willows carved from amethyst."
4	"The crimson gem felt unnaturally warm against her skin, a steady, rhythmic pulse that matched her own quickening heartbeat."
5	"Every time a rune flashed, the air hummed, a low-frequency note that made Aurora's teeth ache."
6	"The sense of being watched wasn't a sudden prickle on her neck; it was a constant, heavy weight, as if the atmosphere itself had eyes."

100.00%

Useless dialogue additions

Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments

totalTags	0
uselessAdditionCount	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)

Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags

totalTags

80.1624%