Run: 2026-09-03-01M1KRGA3422JB8NV4PRDYM94E

Run Details

Model:: Gemini 3.7 Flash (Reasoning, Medium)
Test:: Bad Writing Habits
Scenario:: Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin
Duration:: 16.0s
Cost:: $0.010952
Provider:: Google AI Studio

Evaluation summary

Score	Evaluator	Details Link
100.00%	Adverbs in dialogue tags	(details)
94.86%	AI-ism adverb frequency	(details)
100.00%	AI-ism character names	(details)
100.00%	AI-ism location names	(details)
33.13%	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)
88.27%	Name drop frequency	(details)
100.00%	Narrator intent-glossing	(details)
96.80%	"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)
94.33%	Sentence length variance	(details)
80.56%	Sentence opener variety	(details)
70.92%	Adverb-first sentence starts	(details)
100.00%	Pronoun-first sentence starts	(details)
55.74%	Subject-first sentence starts	(details)
0.00%	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)
86.2594%	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 air fractured like struck glass, spitting sparks of cold silver before peeling back to swallow them whole. 

Aurora tumbled forward onto ground that yielded like sun-warmed dough. The crimson stone at her throat flared, scorching the skin above her collarbone through the cotton of her shirt. She pushed herself up on one palm, her knuckles sinking into a carpet of rust-colored moss that smelled of burnt caramel and wet iron. 

Above, no sun governed the sky. Instead, a vast dome of liquid amber pulsed with slow, tidal rhythms, casting long, coppery shadows across a wilderness of impossible proportions. Towering trellises carved from dark basalt twisted into the haze, choked by colossal grapevines whose translucent stems ran with luminescent sap. Grapes the size of human skulls hung in heavy clusters, their skin so thin the swirling juice inside glowed like captured lantern light.

Nyx’s silhouette poured through the rift behind her, pooling on the moss before snapping upright into a lean, six-foot column of ink. Two points of violet light flared within their hood.

"The air tastes of fat and old wine."

Isolde stepped out of the shimmering tear last. Her bare feet touched the bruised moss without leaving an indent, her silver hair drifting over her shoulders though no breeze moved the heavy atmosphere. She adjusted the folds of her pale mantle, her lavender eyes reflecting the amber sky.

"The threshold forgets the hunger of those who cross it, but the soil never does."

Aurora stood, brushing the clinging, sugary residue of the moss from her denim jeans. She drew the moonsilver dagger from its sheath at her hip. The leaf-shaped blade hissed against the sweltering air, a fine coat of frost blooming instantly along its edge to combat the cloying heat. 

"Which way to the lower terraces?"

Isolde raised a pale hand, pointing toward a ridge where the basalt columns broke into jagged, terraced cliffs. 

"Follow the scent of marrow. The gardens do not end where the feast begins."

They moved down the slope, their boots—save for Isolde’s silent tread—crunching over soil littered with calcified seeds and the brittle carapaces of beetle-like creatures as broad as dinner plates. Every breath felt dense, coating Aurora’s throat with the sweetness of overripe figs and roasting spices. 

Nyx drifted along the perimeter of their path, their shadowy form rippling against the amber light. They slid over a fallen pillar, flattening into two dimensions before rising again on the other side.

"Something watches from the canopy. It lacks bone, but it possesses teeth."

Aurora tracked Nyx’s violet gaze up into the tangled crown of a weeping fig. Giant fruit hung split down their centers, oozing thick, dark syrup that dripped onto the stone below with rhythmic pats. Within the hollow of the largest fruit, pale filaments twitched, reaching toward the heat of their bodies like blind worms testing the air.

"Then we don't linger under the branches." 

Aurora kept her grip tight on the hilt of the Fae blade. The cold metal sent sharp pins of focus up her forearm, counteracting the heavy lethargy hanging over the orchard. A childhood scar on her wrist ached with a dull throb, vibrating in time with the crimson pendant against her chest.

They cleared the edge of the grove and stepped onto a wide terrace paved in polished obsidian. The dark floor stretched toward a colonnade of hollowed-out bones—ribs from some ancient beast wide enough to house an entire banquet table between each arch. Across the terrace, crystal bowls the size of cauldrons sat mounted on brass tripods. Inside them, liquids bubbled without any fire beneath, releasing plumes of lavender and saffron steam that drifted lazily toward the amber firmament.

Isolde walked to the nearest basin, peering into the swirling gold liquid within. 

"A master from the northern kingdoms spent four centuries perfecting that broth. He thought he was buying his freedom."

Aurora approached, careful to keep a stride’s distance from the boiling rim. 

"Did he?"

"The Prince declared the third course lacked salt. The chef remains in the kitchen below, seasoning his own regret."

A shudder ran down Aurora's spine, cutting through the warm, narcotic air. 

"Let's find the stairwell before someone invites us for dinner."

Nyx glided across the obsidian floor toward the far side of the colonnade. Their tendrils probed a series of deep fractures in the stone where the brass foundations had buckled under the weight of creeping vines. 

"The stone descends here. The shadow falls steep and cold."

Aurora joined the shade, peering down the opening. A wide spiral staircase, carved directly into the basalt roots of the realm, plunged into darkness. Thick, crystalline syrup dripped from the ceiling above the stairs, forming stalactites that hummed with a low, resonant vibration. 

Every few seconds, a deep pulse shook the bedrock beneath their boots. It was not an earthquake, but the synchronized thrum of massive bellows pumping air into subterranean hearths miles beneath them. The scent drifting up the stairwell shifted—less fruit, more woodsmoke, seared flesh, and ancient copper.

"This leads to the lower kitchens," Aurora said, the chill of her blade cutting through the updraft of heat.

Isolde paused at the threshold of the descent, her gaze drifting back toward the sprawling, silent vineyards behind them. 

"Descent is an easy bargain to strike. The return requires paying with weight you do not yet know you carry."

Nyx dissolved into a thin ribbon of darkness, pouring down the first dozen steps to scout the perimeter. Their whisper drifted back up, thin and dry.

"The way is clear. For now, the hounds are feeding elsewhere."

Aurora adjusted her grip on the moonsilver hilt and stepped onto the first stair, the cold stone biting through the soles of her shoes as the amber light of the sky began to fade behind them.

Evaluation details

Result

Evaluator

Details

Meta Data

100.00%

Adverbs in dialogue tags

Target: ≤10% dialogue tags with adverbs

totalTags	1
adverbTagCount	0
adverbTags	(empty)
dialogueSentences	14
tagDensity	0.071
leniency	0.143
rawRatio	0
effectiveRatio	0

94.86%

AI-ism adverb frequency

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

wordCount

972

totalAiIsmAdverbs

found

adverb	"lazily"
count	1

highlights

"lazily"

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)

33.13%

AI-ism word frequency

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

wordCount

972

totalAiIsms

found

word	"fractured"
count	1

word	"pulsed"
count	1

word	"rhythmic"
count	1

word	"throb"
count	1

word	"crystal"
count	1

word	"weight"
count	2

word	"crystalline"
count	1

word	"pulse"
count	1

word	"synchronized"
count	1

word	"pumping"
count	1

word	"chill"
count	1

word	"whisper"
count	1

highlights

0	"fractured"
1	"pulsed"
2	"rhythmic"
3	"throb"
4	"crystal"
5	"weight"
6	"crystalline"
7	"pulse"
8	"synchronized"
9	"pumping"
10	"chill"
11	"whisper"

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	47
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Filter word density

Target: ≤3% sentences with filter/hedge words

filterCount

hedgeCount

narrationSentences

filterMatches

(empty)

hedgeMatches

0	"began to"

100.00%

Gibberish response detection

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

analyzedSentences	60
gibberishSentences	0
adjustedGibberishSentences	0
longSentenceCount	0
runOnParagraphCount	0
giantParagraphCount	0
wordSaladCount	0
repetitionLoopCount	0
controlTokenCount	0
repeatedSegmentCount	0
maxSentenceWordsSeen	36
ratio	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Markdown formatting overuse

Target: ≤5% words in markdown formatting

markdownSpans	0
markdownWords	0
totalWords	969
ratio	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Missing dialogue indicators (quotation marks)

Target: ≤10% speech attributions without quotation marks

totalAttributions	4
unquotedAttributions	0
matches	(empty)

88.27%

Name drop frequency

Target: ≤1.0 per-name mentions per 100 words

totalMentions

wordCount

810

uniqueNames

maxNameDensity

1.23

worstName

"Aurora"

maxWindowNameDensity

worstWindowName

"Aurora"

discoveredNames

Isolde	5
Aurora	10
Nyx	5
Fae	1

persons

0	"Isolde"
1	"Aurora"
2	"Nyx"

places

(empty)

globalScore

0.883

windowScore

100.00%

Narrator intent-glossing

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

analyzedSentences	47
glossingSentenceCount	0
matches	(empty)

96.80%

"Not X but Y" pattern overuse

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

totalMatches

per1kWords

1.032

wordCount

969

matches

0	"not an earthquake, but the synchronized thrum of massive bellows pumping air into s"

100.00%

Overuse of "that" (subordinate clause padding)

Target: ≤2% sentences with "that" clauses

thatCount	0
totalSentences	60
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Paragraph length variance

Target: CV ≥0.5 for paragraph word counts

totalParagraphs

mean

27.69

std

19.42

0.701

sampleLengths

0	18
1	53
2	72
3	31
4	8
5	48
6	15
7	48
8	6
9	18
10	14
11	45
12	33
13	12
14	57
15	7
16	52
17	78
18	13
19	19
20	12
21	2
22	19
23	12
24	10
25	36
26	10
27	43
28	47
29	19
30	19
31	20
32	26
33	11
34	36

100.00%

Passive voice overuse

Target: ≤2% passive sentences

passiveCount	0
totalSentences	47
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Past progressive (was/were + -ing) overuse

Target: ≤2% past progressive verbs

pastProgressiveCount	0
totalVerbs	115
matches	(empty)

0.00%

Em-dash & semicolon overuse

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

emDashCount

semicolonCount

flaggedSentences

totalSentences

ratio

0.05

matches

0	"They moved down the slope, their boots—save for Isolde’s silent tread—crunching over soil littered with calcified seeds and the brittle carapaces of beetle-like creatures as broad as dinner plates."
1	"The dark floor stretched toward a colonnade of hollowed-out bones—ribs from some ancient beast wide enough to house an entire banquet table between each arch."
2	"The scent drifting up the stairwell shifted—less fruit, more woodsmoke, seared flesh, and ancient copper."

100.00%

Purple prose (modifier overload)

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

wordCount	818
adjectiveStacks	0
stackExamples	(empty)
adverbCount	13
adverbRatio	0.01589242053789731
lyAdverbCount	3
lyAdverbRatio	0.003667481662591687

100.00%

Repeated phrase echo

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

totalSentences	60
echoCount	0
echoWords	(empty)

94.33%

Sentence length variance

Target: CV ≥0.4 for sentence word counts

totalSentences

mean

16.15

std

6.23

0.386

sampleLengths

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

80.56%

Sentence opener variety

Target: ≥60% unique sentence openers

consecutiveRepeats	0
diversityRatio	0.48333333333333334
totalSentences	60
uniqueOpeners	29

70.92%

Adverb-first sentence starts

Target: ≥3% sentences starting with an adverb

adverbCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"Instead, a vast dome of"

ratio

0.021

100.00%

Pronoun-first sentence starts

Target: ≤30% sentences starting with a pronoun

pronounCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"She pushed herself up on"
1	"Her bare feet touched the"
2	"She adjusted the folds of"
3	"She drew the moonsilver dagger"
4	"They moved down the slope,"
5	"They slid over a fallen"
6	"They cleared the edge of"
7	"Their tendrils probed a series"
8	"It was not an earthquake,"
9	"Their whisper drifted back up,"

ratio

0.213

55.74%

Subject-first sentence starts

Target: ≤72% sentences starting with a subject

subjectCount

totalSentences

matches

0	"The air fractured like struck"
1	"Aurora tumbled forward onto ground"
2	"The crimson stone at her"
3	"She pushed herself up on"
4	"Grapes the size of human"
5	"Nyx’s silhouette poured through the"
6	"Isolde stepped out of the"
7	"Her bare feet touched the"
8	"She adjusted the folds of"
9	"Aurora stood, brushing the clinging,"
10	"She drew the moonsilver dagger"
11	"The leaf-shaped blade hissed against"
12	"Isolde raised a pale hand,"
13	"They moved down the slope,"
14	"Every breath felt dense, coating"
15	"Nyx drifted along the perimeter"
16	"They slid over a fallen"
17	"Aurora tracked Nyx’s violet gaze"
18	"Aurora kept her grip tight"
19	"The cold metal sent sharp"

ratio

0.809

0.00%

Subordinate conjunction sentence starts

Target: ≥2% sentences starting with a subordinating conjunction

subConjCount	0
totalSentences	47
matches	(empty)
ratio	0

73.17%

Technical jargon density

Target: ≤6% sentences with technical-jargon patterns

analyzedSentences

technicalSentenceCount

matches

0	"She pushed herself up on one palm, her knuckles sinking into a carpet of rust-colored moss that smelled of burnt caramel and wet iron."
1	"Giant fruit hung split down their centers, oozing thick, dark syrup that dripped onto the stone below with rhythmic pats."
2	"Inside them, liquids bubbled without any fire beneath, releasing plumes of lavender and saffron steam that drifted lazily toward the amber firmament."
3	"Thick, crystalline syrup dripped from the ceiling above the stairs, forming stalactites that hummed with a low, resonant vibration."

100.00%

Useless dialogue additions

Target: ≤5% dialogue tags with trailing filler fragments

totalTags	1
uselessAdditionCount	0
matches	(empty)

100.00%

Dialogue tag variety (said vs. fancy)

Target: ≤10% fancy dialogue tags

totalTags	1
fancyCount	0
fancyTags	(empty)
dialogueSentences	14
tagDensity	0.071
leniency	0.143
rawRatio	0
effectiveRatio	0

86.2594%