Run: 2026-05-10-01KR916GZWMF4578F3PVH00Y1D

Run Details

Model:: Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite
Test:: Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:: Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:: 7.5s
Cost:: $0.002601
Provider:: Google AI Studio

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
100.00%	Adverbs in dialogue tags	(details)
91.17%	AI-ism adverb frequency	(details)
100.00%	AI-ism character names	(details)
100.00%	AI-ism location names	(details)
2.83%	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)
83.33%	Name drop frequency	(details)
79.58%	Narrator intent-glossing	(details)
100.00%	"Not X but Y" pattern overuse	(details)
87.30%	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)
6.80%	Em-dash & semicolon overuse	(details)
94.00%	Purple prose (modifier overload)	(details)
100.00%	Repeated phrase echo	(details)
100.00%	Sentence length variance	(details)
63.49%	Sentence opener variety	(details)
81.30%	Adverb-first sentence starts	(details)
100.00%	Pronoun-first sentence starts	(details)
75.85%	Subject-first sentence starts	(details)
100.00%	Subordinate conjunction sentence starts	(details)
95.24%	Technical jargon density	(details)
100.00%	Useless dialogue additions	(details)
100.00%	Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)	(details)
88.6964%	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 amber sky of Dymas hung heavy, a bruised peach hue that promised heat without the promise of a cooling breeze. Rory pushed aside a curtain of massive, weeping vines that smelled of overripe grapes and wet earth. Her boots sank an inch into soil that felt more like velvet underfoot. Beside her, Nyx moved like a patch of spilled ink, their humanoid form flickering between solid flesh and a wisp of smoke. The Heartstone Pendant resting against Rory’s collarbone pulsed with a rhythmic, feverish heat, turning the silver chain against her skin into a brand.

Keep your distance from the roots, the light grows hungry where the soil is rich.

Nyx drifted forward, their bare heels hovering just above the damp ground. Rory ducked beneath a low-hanging branch laden with translucent berries the size of plums. Each one shimmered with an inner, violent light. She reached out, her fingers hovering inches from the skin of a fruit.

Wait.

Nyx caught her wrist, their touch like a draft of graveyard chill. The violet glow in their eyes deepened, casting long, fractured shadows across the gnarled bark of a nearby tree.

You do not eat the harvest of princes, Rory. Especially not here. To sample a single bite is to sign a contract written in your own bile.

Rory retracted her hand, the small crescent scar on her wrist itching as the pendant beneath her shirt intensified its cadence. She wiped her palm on her jeans, her breath hitching as the garden spread out before them. It wasn't just a vineyard; it was a cathedral of gluttony. Trees wove together into archways, their branches heavy with emerald leaves and dangling, vine-wrapped lanterns. Somewhere in the distance, a sound like a wet, rhythmic pulsing thrummed against the soles of her boots. It felt like walking on the chest of a sleeping giant.

This place smells like a birthday cake left to rot in the sun, she whispered, testing the air.

Nyx tilted their head, the movement fluid and unnatural. 

It is the scent of desire stripped of its teeth. Belphegor does not want your worship, he wants your appetite. He wants you to want until you have no room left for thoughts or agency. Watch the perimeter.

Rory reached for the Fae-Forged Blade at her hip, the moonsilver hilt biting into her palm with a comforting, ice-cold sting. The transition from the chilly air of the Fae Grove to the humid, cloying soup of this realm made her hair cling to her neck. She pushed deeper into the orchard, stepping over a discarded gilded goblet that half-dissolved into the mud as she passed.

They reached a clearing where the trees pulled back like curtains. In the center, a fountain carved from raw, pulsating crystal spewed liquid gold that spiraled into a basin. Around the basin, statues of marble-white figures with expressions of eternal bliss sat slumped in various states of repose. They were too realistic; the veins in their necks were taut, their fingernails etched with delicate precision.

Is that stone, or is that flesh turned to garnish?

Rory stepped closer, the Heartstone Pendant burning against her skin now. She knelt by the basin, peering into the golden liquid. Her reflection stared back, but the blue of her eyes looked glassy and vacant, as if she were already drifting toward the siren call of the nectar. She pulled away, stumbling back until her back hit a thick, pulsating trunk.

The Wardens would call this a breach, wouldn't they? If they knew where we were, they would burn the boundary to the ground before they let us leave.

Nyx stood by the fountain, their silhouette unmoving against the amber horizon. The shadow that composed their torso lengthened, stretching toward the pool of liquid gold like a thirsty animal.

The Wardens track the movement of entities, not the appetites of the desperate. We are ghosts here, Rory. For as long as we keep our heartbeats low and our hunger silent, we are invisible to the Prince. But do not linger. The earth hears the sound of your indecision.

Rory scanned the horizon. Beyond the orchard, stone towers rose like jagged teeth, their spires spiraling into the amber clouds. The architecture defied gravity, leaning at impossible angles, dripping with ornamental scrollwork that seemed to move when she looked away. The silence of the garden was worse than the noise; it was an expectant, heavy quiet that demanded to be filled.

We need the gate, Nyx. The pendant, it’s pulling toward that spire. The one with the obsidian base.

She stood, shaking the numbness from her legs. Every muscle in her body felt weighted, dragged down by the sheer, suffocating abundance of the environment. She walked with deliberate steps, forcing herself to ignore the temptation blooming in the scent of roasted meat and heavy, fermented spice drifting from the towers. She kept her hand on the cold moonsilver of the dagger.

There is a ward at the base of the spire. A shimmer in the air, like static on a television screen.

Nyx drifted alongside her, their violet eyes flickering rapidly. 

That is the Veil’s thin spot. If you want to cut through it, you must strike the reflection, not the anchor. 

Rory neared the structure. The air around the tower hummed, vibrating so intensely that her teeth rattled in her skull. She peered through the shimmering distortion. Beyond it, she saw a flicker of the London skyline, a disjointed mirror image of the world she knew, grey and rain-slicked and blessedly cold.

This is it. The threshold.

She unsheathed the blade, the moonsilver catching the amber light and throwing slivers of white radiance across the ground. The warmth of the pendant vanished, replaced by an absolute, freezing silence radiating from the steel. As she raised the dagger, the ground beneath the tower began to ripple like water. A low, guttural moan rose from the dirt, the sound of a thousand hungry maws opening at once.

Move quickly, Rory. The Prince is waking.

Rory didn't wait. She lunged forward, the Fae-Forged Blade held high, aiming for the center of the shimmering tear where the air bowed under the pressure of two realities colliding. She swung with everything she had, the cold steel singing as it bit into the fabric of the dimension. A jagged white line tore open across the air, exposing the dark, wet void behind the illusion of the gluttonous garden.

The world shrieked—a sound of tearing silk and shattering glass. She dived through the gap, the smell of damp London soot hitting her lungs like a prayer answered. Behind her, the amber light of Dymas flickered and died, leaving only the sound of heavy, hungry footsteps echoing against the fading reality of the gateway.

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

100.00%

Adverbs in dialogue tags

Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs

totalTags

91.17%

AI-ism adverb frequency

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

wordCount

1132

totalAiIsmAdverbs

found

adverb	"intensely"
count	1

adverb	"quickly"
count	1

highlights

0	"intensely"
1	"quickly"

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)

2.83%

AI-ism word frequency

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

wordCount

1132

totalAiIsms

found

word	"velvet"
count	1

word	"pulsed"
count	1

word	"rhythmic"
count	2

word	"shimmered"
count	1

word	"chill"
count	1

word	"fractured"
count	1

word	"desire"
count	1

word	"comforting"
count	1

word	"crystal"
count	1

word	"marble"
count	1

word	"etched"
count	1

word	"scanned"
count	1

word	"silence"
count	2

word	"structure"
count	1

word	"flicker"
count	1

word	"warmth"
count	1

word	"silk"
count	1

word	"flickered"
count	1

word	"footsteps"
count	1

word	"echoing"
count	1

highlights

0	"velvet"
1	"pulsed"
2	"rhythmic"
3	"shimmered"
4	"chill"
5	"fractured"
6	"desire"
7	"comforting"
8	"crystal"
9	"marble"
10	"etched"
11	"scanned"
12	"silence"
13	"structure"
14	"flicker"
15	"warmth"
16	"silk"
17	"flickered"
18	"footsteps"
19	"echoing"

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	84
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	84
gibberishSentences	0
adjustedGibberishSentences	0
longSentenceCount	0
runOnParagraphCount	0
giantParagraphCount	0
wordSaladCount	0
repetitionLoopCount	0
controlTokenCount	0
repeatedSegmentCount	0
maxSentenceWordsSeen	28
ratio	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Markdown formatting overuse

Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting

markdownSpans	0
markdownWords	0
totalWords	1131
ratio	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)

Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks

totalAttributions

unquotedAttributions

matches

0	"This place smells like a birthday cake left to rot in the sun, she whispered, testing the air."

83.33%

Name drop frequency

Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words

totalMentions

wordCount

1131

uniqueNames

maxNameDensity

1.06

worstName

"Rory"

maxWindowNameDensity

2.5

worstWindowName

"Rory"

discoveredNames

Dymas	2
Nyx	7
Heartstone	2
Pendant	2
Rory	12
Fae-Forged	2
Blade	2
Fae	3
Grove	1
Wardens	2
Prince	2
Veil	1
London	2

persons

0	"Dymas"
1	"Nyx"
2	"Pendant"
3	"Rory"
4	"Blade"
5	"Wardens"
6	"Veil"

places

0	"Fae"
1	"Grove"
2	"Prince"
3	"London"

globalScore

0.969

windowScore

0.833

79.58%

Narrator intent-glossing

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

analyzedSentences

glossingSentenceCount

matches

0	"felt like walking on the chest of a sle"
1	"scrollwork that seemed to move when she looked away"

100.00%

"Not X but Y" pattern overuse

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

totalMatches	0
per1kWords	0
wordCount	1131
matches	(empty)

87.30%

Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)

Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses

thatCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"Is that stone, is that flesh"

100.00%

Paragraph length variance

Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts

totalParagraphs

mean

std

26.38

0.676

sampleLengths

0	96
1	15
2	47
3	1
4	31
5	27
6	93
7	18
8	9
9	38
10	66
11	65
12	10
13	61
14	28
15	30
16	49
17	61
18	18
19	62
20	21
21	9
22	21
23	51
24	5
25	68
26	7
27	70
28	54

100.00%

Passive voice overuse

Target: ≤2% passive sentences

passiveCount	0
totalSentences	84
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse

Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs

pastProgressiveCount

totalVerbs

182

matches

0	"were already drifting"

6.80%

Em-dash & semicolon overuse

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

emDashCount

semicolonCount

flaggedSentences

totalSentences

ratio

0.048

matches

0	"It wasn't just a vineyard; it was a cathedral of gluttony."
1	"They were too realistic; the veins in their necks were taut, their fingernails etched with delicate precision."
2	"The silence of the garden was worse than the noise; it was an expectant, heavy quiet that demanded to be filled."
3	"The world shrieked—a sound of tearing silk and shattering glass."

94.00%

Purple prose (modifier overload)

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

wordCount

1140

adjectiveStacks

stackExamples

0	"comforting, ice-cold sting."

adverbCount

adverbRatio

0.021929824561403508

lyAdverbCount

lyAdverbRatio

0.0061403508771929825

100.00%

Repeated phrase echo

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

totalSentences	84
echoCount	0
echoWords	(empty)

100.00%

Sentence length variance

Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts

totalSentences

mean

13.46

std

6.64

0.493

sampleLengths

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

63.49%

Sentence opener variety

Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers

consecutiveRepeats	5
diversityRatio	0.4166666666666667
totalSentences	84
uniqueOpeners	35

81.30%

Adverb-first sentence starts

Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb

adverbCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"Especially not here."
1	"Somewhere in the distance, a"

ratio

0.024

100.00%

Pronoun-first sentence starts

Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun

pronounCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"Her boots sank an inch"
1	"She reached out, her fingers"
2	"You do not eat the"
3	"She wiped her palm on"
4	"It wasn't just a vineyard;"
5	"It felt like walking on"
6	"It is the scent of"
7	"He wants you to want"
8	"She pushed deeper into the"
9	"They reached a clearing where"
10	"They were too realistic; the"
11	"She knelt by the basin,"
12	"Her reflection stared back, but"
13	"She pulled away, stumbling back"
14	"We are ghosts here, Rory."
15	"We need the gate, Nyx."
16	"She stood, shaking the numbness"
17	"She walked with deliberate steps,"
18	"She kept her hand on"
19	"She peered through the shimmering"

ratio

0.293

75.85%

Subject-first sentence starts

Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject

subjectCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"The amber sky of Dymas"
1	"Rory pushed aside a curtain"
2	"Her boots sank an inch"
3	"The Heartstone Pendant resting against"
4	"Nyx drifted forward, their bare"
5	"Rory ducked beneath a low-hanging"
6	"Each one shimmered with an"
7	"She reached out, her fingers"
8	"Nyx caught her wrist, their"
9	"The violet glow in their"
10	"You do not eat the"
11	"Rory retracted her hand, the"
12	"She wiped her palm on"
13	"It wasn't just a vineyard;"
14	"Trees wove together into archways,"
15	"It felt like walking on"
16	"This place smells like a"
17	"Nyx tilted their head, the"
18	"It is the scent of"
19	"Belphegor does not want your"

ratio

0.768

100.00%

Subordinate conjunction sentence starts

Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction

subConjCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"To sample a single bite"
1	"If they knew where we"
2	"If you want to cut"

ratio

0.037

95.24%

Technical jargon density

Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns

analyzedSentences

technicalSentenceCount

matches

0	"Her boots sank an inch into soil that felt more like velvet underfoot."
1	"Her reflection stared back, but the blue of her eyes looked glassy and vacant, as if she were already drifting toward the siren call of the nectar."
2	"The shadow that composed their torso lengthened, stretching toward the pool of liquid gold like a thirsty animal."
3	"The architecture defied gravity, leaning at impossible angles, dripping with ornamental scrollwork that seemed to move when she looked away."

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

88.6964%