Paragraph Structure
Predictable paragraph and section-level patterns
Short Punchy Fragments
paragraph-structureExcessive use of very short sentences or sentence fragments as standalone paragraphs for manufactured emphasis. RLHF training has pushed models toward "writing for readability" aimed at the lowest common denominator: one thought per sentence, no mental state-keeping required. It's an inhuman style. No real person writes first drafts this way because it doesn't match how humans think or speak.
“He published this. Openly. In a book. As a priest.”
Listicle in a Trench Coat
paragraph-structureNumbered or labeled points dressed up as continuous prose. The model writes what is essentially a listicle but wraps each point in a paragraph that starts with "The first... The second... The third..." to disguise the format. Perhaps you told it to stop generating lists and it decided to do this instead... still very common.
“The first wall is the absence of a free, scoped API... The second wall is the lack of delegated access... The third wall is the absence of scoped permissions...”
2 tropes in Paragraph Structure
References
Wikipedia: Signs of AI writing