RESEARCHarXiv CS.CL·4/14/2026
Spoiler Alert: Narrative Forecasting as a Metric for Tension in LLM Storytelling
This research introduces the '100-Endings metric' to address LLMs' failure in generating compelling stories and recognizing their own quality issues. The metric measures narrative tension by predicting story endings sentence-by-sentence, proving more effective than current rubrics at distinguishing high-quality human narratives from AI outputs.
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