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The Anti-Formulaic Checklist

Spot where AI-speak crept into your manuscript. Fix it before anyone reads it.

100+ phrases, structural patterns and tells that flag AI-generated writing. Practical, opinionated, immediately useful. Built for authors who want their book to sound like them, not a chatbot.

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Four of the sections you'll find in the full 13-page PDF.

Too Perfect

  • Every sentence flows smoothly with no roughness
  • No contradictions, no changes of mind, no false starts
  • The narrator never sounds tired, confused or annoyed

Missing Personal Details

  • No names of specific people, places or products
  • No dates, no weather, no smells, no exact prices
  • Anecdotes that could belong to anyone

Structural Tropes

  • Negation trick: "It's not X. It's Y." on repeat
  • Rhetorical questions opening every section
  • Rule of three used as a reflex, not a choice

Overused Vocabulary

  • Leverage, unlock, delve, navigate, embark
  • Transformative, robust, seamless, nuanced
  • "In today's fast-paced world..."

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