Run: 2026-09-03-01M1KR9T1E67FYPE1DZ1J7S00V

Run Details

Model:
Muse Glimmer 30B (Reasoning, Medium)
Test:
Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:
39.5s
Cost:
$0.003211
Provider:
Phala

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)
50.32% 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)
56.05% 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)
100.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse (details)
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload) (details)
100.00% Repeated phrase echo (details)
100.00% Sentence length variance (details)
42.26% Sentence opener variety (details)
67.34% Adverb-first sentence starts (details)
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts (details)
10.51% Subject-first sentence starts (details)
50.51% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts (details)
73.17% Technical jargon density (details)
100.00% Useless dialogue additions (details)
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy) (details)
88.3383% 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
The stones rose out of the grass like the knuckles of a buried hand. Aurora stopped at the edge of the clearing and pulled her coat tighter. The air in Richmond Park had been damp and ordinary ten minutes earlier. Now it smelled of honey and cold stone. The oaks here were older than the park’s name, their trunks wide enough to swallow a car, their bark black with lichen that looked wet even in dry weather. Between them stood three standing stones, their tops lost in low cloud. Nyx hovered a half-step behind her, a thin shape that drank the light at the edges. Their violet eyes caught on the ring of wildflowers. “You’re late.” Isolde Varga stood in the gap between the stones. Silver hair fell to her waist. Her skin held the pallor of moonlight on water. No footprints marked the moss where she stood. Aurora lifted her left hand. The crescent scar on her wrist caught the faint glow from the pendant at her throat. The Heartstone pulsed once, warm against her skin. “You left no sign on the map.” Isolde smiled. “Maps are for places that want to be found.” Nyx drifted forward until the shadow of the central stone touched them. The air shivered. “There.” A distortion hung between the oaks, a heat haze that was not heat. The Veil thinned here, visible as a faint shimmer to Aurora only because Nyx’s presence pulled the dark out of the air. It rippled like oil on water. Aurora drew the Fae-Forged Blade from inside her jacket. The moonsilver was cold against her palm, cold enough to ache. In the grey light it did not gleam so much as hold light, a faint luminescence along the leaf-shaped edge. Isolde watched the blade and her expression shifted. “You brought a key you did not earn.” “It was a gift.” “A gift is a debt with better manners.” Isolde stepped aside. “The Grove does not open for visitors. It opens for those who are invited. You have been.” Aurora hesitated. The pendant warmed again, a slow throb that matched her pulse. Nyx’s voice came from everywhere and nowhere, a whisper riding the wind through leaves. “Step through. The boundary remembers weight.” Aurora took a step. The grass gave under her boot and then did not. The ground felt springy, as if she walked on a held breath. The scent changed. Honey became something sharper, green and metallic, like rain on iron. The shimmer swallowed her ankle, then her calf. The world tilted. Inside, sound changed. The park noise fell away. No traffic, no dogs, no distant train. Only a low hum that lived in the teeth. The clearing opened wide. Wildflowers bloomed in every colour Aurora had a name for and several she did not. They grew in impossible layers, white blooms on top of blue on top of red, all open at once. The air was warm. The sky above the trees was a deeper blue than London ever allowed, and the light fell sideways. She turned. The standing stones were behind her now, but they were not the same stones. They were taller, carved with spirals that moved when she looked away. Moss grew on them in patterns like writing. Nyx solidified beside her, six foot two of dusk made solid. Their outline softened at the edges. The faint violet of their eyes brightened. “You can hear it,” they said. Aurora could. A chorus of small wings, a rustle of leaves that did not move with any wind she could feel. Somewhere deeper in the grove a stream sang over stones. Isolde walked ahead without touching the ground. Her feet did not disturb the flowers. “Do not pick,” she said. Aurora’s fingers twitched toward a cluster of star-shaped blossoms. She forced her hand down. The ground rose into a low hill crowned with an old oak, its trunk split and filled with light. The light was not sun. It pulsed amber and gold, slow. Nyx stopped. “That is not Fae.” Isolde did not slow. “Nothing here is only one thing.” The pendant flared warm against Aurora’s throat. The glow caught in her bright blue eyes. The hill exhaled heat. A scent rolled down from the trees. Rich earth, baked fruit, meat on a spit, sugar and rot all at once. It made Aurora’s stomach turn. “Gluttony smells like home,” Nyx whispered. Aurora understood. The Heartstone was made in Dymas. It recognized the taste of the realm on the air. A path wound up the hill, paved with flat stones that were warm to the touch. The wildflowers along its edge bent toward the path as if listening. Isolde paused at the third stone up. She pressed her palm to it. The stone shivered and a seam opened in the air above it, a thin vertical tear that showed amber sky. “The Veil is thin here even when it is thick elsewhere,” Isolde said. “Winter draws it down. Summer pulls it up.” Aurora felt the cold of the blade intensify. The moonsilver drank the strange light and gave back a faint glow. Nyx moved closer to the tear. Their shadow stretched long across the path, touching the edge of the shimmer. “Beyond is a market,” they said. “Chefs trade in memories. Souls barter for a taste of the last meal they loved.” Aurora’s throat went dry. “We came for the Grove.” Isolde’s pale lavender eyes fixed on her. “You came for a door.” The hum in the trees rose. Branches shifted, revealing a narrow stone doorway half-hidden by vines. The vines were thick as rope, their leaves silver on the underside. The doorway had no handle. The stone around it was warm. Nyx’s form flickered. “Ward.” The Fae-Forged Blade lifted in Aurora’s hand without her intending it. The cold traveled up her arm. Isolde stepped toward the door and stopped. The vines tightened. “Fae do not build doors for mortals,” she said. Aurora pressed her scarred wrist against the stone. The Heartstone pulsed, bright and steady now. The vines released a fraction. Nyx reached with a hand made of dusk and laid it against the wood. The wood was not wood. It was bark and bone. From inside came a sound like a feast beginning. Plates clattering, laughter rolling, a low, satisfied sigh that vibrated through the ground into Aurora’s boots. Isolde’s voice was quiet, almost kind. “If you go in, the Grove will remember your name.” Aurora looked back down the path at the shimmering Veil, at the impossible flowers, at the amber light spilling from the hilltop oak. The pendant burned warm.
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Evaluation details

Result Evaluator Details Meta Data
100.00% Adverbs in dialogue tags
Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs
totalTags7
adverbTagCount1
adverbTags
0"Isolde stepped aside [aside]"
dialogueSentences23
tagDensity0.304
leniency0.609
rawRatio0.143
effectiveRatio0.087
100.00% AI-ism adverb frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism adverbs (58 tracked)
wordCount1107
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)
50.32% AI-ism word frequency
Target: <2% AI-ism words (290 tracked)
wordCount1107
totalAiIsms11
found
0
word"pulsed"
count3
1
word"throb"
count1
2
word"pulse"
count1
3
word"whisper"
count1
4
word"weight"
count1
5
word"could feel"
count1
6
word"stomach"
count1
7
word"flickered"
count1
8
word"vibrated"
count1
highlights
0"pulsed"
1"throb"
2"pulse"
3"whisper"
4"weight"
5"could feel"
6"stomach"
7"flickered"
8"vibrated"
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
narrationSentences111
matches(empty)
100.00% Filter word density
Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words
filterCount0
hedgeCount0
narrationSentences111
filterMatches(empty)
hedgeMatches(empty)
100.00% Gibberish response detection
Target: ≤1% gibberish-like sentences (hard fail if a sentence exceeds 800 words)
analyzedSentences127
gibberishSentences0
adjustedGibberishSentences0
longSentenceCount0
runOnParagraphCount0
giantParagraphCount0
wordSaladCount0
repetitionLoopCount0
controlTokenCount0
repeatedSegmentCount0
maxSentenceWordsSeen29
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Markdown formatting overuse
Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting
markdownSpans0
markdownWords0
totalWords1107
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)
Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks
totalAttributions5
unquotedAttributions0
matches(empty)
56.05% Name drop frequency
Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words
totalMentions53
wordCount958
uniqueNames12
maxNameDensity1.88
worstName"Aurora"
maxWindowNameDensity3
worstWindowName"Aurora"
discoveredNames
Richmond1
Park1
Varga1
Heartstone3
Veil2
Aurora18
Nyx10
Fae-Forged2
Blade2
London1
Dymas1
Isolde11
persons
0"Varga"
1"Veil"
2"Aurora"
3"Nyx"
4"Blade"
5"Isolde"
places
0"Richmond"
1"Park"
2"London"
3"Dymas"
globalScore0.561
windowScore0.667
100.00% Narrator intent-glossing
Target: ≤2% narration sentences with intent-glossing patterns
analyzedSentences76
glossingSentenceCount1
matches
0"as if listening"
100.00% "Not X but Y" pattern overuse
Target: ≤1 "not X but Y" per 1000 words
totalMatches0
per1kWords0
wordCount1107
matches(empty)
100.00% Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)
Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses
thatCount0
totalSentences127
matches(empty)
100.00% Paragraph length variance
Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts
totalParagraphs56
mean19.77
std13.95
cv0.706
sampleLengths
014
175
225
32
432
529
67
711
815
91
1041
1140
1216
134
1428
1513
1620
1740
1811
1924
204
2156
2236
2324
246
2531
2614
275
2814
2930
306
3110
3219
3326
346
3518
3628
3733
3821
3920
4019
4121
429
4312
4439
454
4617
4710
489
4915
100.00% Passive voice overuse
Target: ≤2% passive sentences
passiveCount1
totalSentences111
matches
0"was made"
100.00% Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse
Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs
pastProgressiveCount0
totalVerbs159
matches(empty)
100.00% Em-dash & semicolon overuse
Target: ≤2% sentences with em-dashes/semicolons
emDashCount0
semicolonCount0
flaggedSentences0
totalSentences127
ratio0
matches(empty)
100.00% Purple prose (modifier overload)
Target: <4% adverbs, <2% -ly adverbs, no adj stacking
wordCount964
adjectiveStacks0
stackExamples(empty)
adverbCount22
adverbRatio0.022821576763485476
lyAdverbCount2
lyAdverbRatio0.002074688796680498
100.00% Repeated phrase echo
Target: ≤20% sentences with echoes (window: 2)
totalSentences127
echoCount0
echoWords(empty)
100.00% Sentence length variance
Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts
totalSentences127
mean8.72
std5.11
cv0.586
sampleLengths
014
113
213
38
429
512
616
79
82
99
106
119
128
135
1416
158
167
172
189
1912
203
211
2213
2322
246
259
2611
2720
288
298
304
3111
3217
332
3411
3514
366
374
3810
3912
403
4111
428
433
443
455
467
479
484
4915
42.26% Sentence opener variety
Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers
consecutiveRepeats13
diversityRatio0.31496062992125984
totalSentences127
uniqueOpeners40
67.34% Adverb-first sentence starts
Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb
adverbCount2
totalSentences99
matches
0"Only a low hum that"
1"Somewhere deeper in the grove"
ratio0.02
100.00% Pronoun-first sentence starts
Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun
pronounCount14
totalSentences99
matches
0"Their violet eyes caught on"
1"Her skin held the pallor"
2"It rippled like oil on"
3"They grew in impossible layers,"
4"They were taller, carved with"
5"Their outline softened at the"
6"Her feet did not disturb"
7"She forced her hand down."
8"It pulsed amber and gold,"
9"It made Aurora’s stomach turn."
10"It recognized the taste of"
11"She pressed her palm to"
12"Their shadow stretched long across"
13"It was bark and bone."
ratio0.141
10.51% Subject-first sentence starts
Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject
subjectCount89
totalSentences99
matches
0"The stones rose out of"
1"Aurora stopped at the edge"
2"The air in Richmond Park"
3"The oaks here were older"
4"Nyx hovered a half-step behind"
5"Their violet eyes caught on"
6"Isolde Varga stood in the"
7"Her skin held the pallor"
8"Aurora lifted her left hand."
9"The crescent scar on her"
10"The Heartstone pulsed once, warm"
11"Nyx drifted forward until the"
12"The air shivered."
13"A distortion hung between the"
14"The Veil thinned here, visible"
15"It rippled like oil on"
16"Aurora drew the Fae-Forged Blade"
17"The moonsilver was cold against"
18"Isolde watched the blade and"
19"Isolde stepped aside"
ratio0.899
50.51% Subordinate conjunction sentence starts
Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction
subConjCount1
totalSentences99
matches
0"Now it smelled of honey"
ratio0.01
73.17% Technical jargon density
Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns
analyzedSentences41
technicalSentenceCount4
matches
0"The oaks here were older than the park’s name, their trunks wide enough to swallow a car, their bark black with lichen that looked wet even in dry weather."
1"Nyx hovered a half-step behind her, a thin shape that drank the light at the edges."
2"The wildflowers along its edge bent toward the path as if listening."
3"Plates clattering, laughter rolling, a low, satisfied sigh that vibrated through the ground into Aurora’s boots."
100.00% Useless dialogue additions
Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments
totalTags7
uselessAdditionCount0
matches(empty)
100.00% Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)
Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags
totalTags6
fancyCount1
fancyTags
0"Nyx whispered (whisper)"
dialogueSentences23
tagDensity0.261
leniency0.522
rawRatio0.167
effectiveRatio0.087
88.3383%