Bow Tie Kreative Writing System

Applying it

Writing Quality Measurement Model

Twelve weighted measures, scored nought to four. Four of them are gates: below two, the document fails regardless of the average.

weighted_score = sum(metric_score × weight) / sum(4 × weight) × 100

The twelve metrics

The twelve quality metrics, their weights and questions
MetricWeightGateQuestion
accuracy 2 Gate Does every proposition preserve intended and supportable meaning?
grammar 1 — Are required morphological and syntactic relations well formed for the target variety?
clarity 1.5 — Can the audience recover referents, relations, scope, and action without preventable rereading?
usability 2 — Can the reader find, understand, and use the content for the intended task?
structure 1 — Does order reveal the document’s questions, hierarchy, and progression?
evidence 2 Gate Do claims have appropriate, proximate, bounded support?
accessibility 2 Gate Can readers with varied sensory, cognitive, language, and input conditions access the meaning and action?
voice fit 0.75 — Does the prose maintain the declared relationship and adapt tone to the situation?
rhythm 0.5 — Do syntax, length, sound, stress, and repetition support attention and effect?
ethics 2 Gate Does the text preserve truth, dignity, consent, privacy, and meaningful choice?
maintainability 0.75 — Can volatile facts, terms, rules, and versions be updated without drift?
outcome 2 — Did the intended reader state or behavior change as intended without unacceptable harm?

What a score means

0
absent or harmful
1
major failure
2
usable with material limits
3
strong
4
excellent for context

Hard gates

  • ANY
    • accuracy lt 2
    • evidence lt 2
    • accessibility lt 2
    • ethics lt 2

Then: fail regardless of average

Else: calculate weighted score

Outcome tests

The measured outcomes the model treats as evidence that the writing worked.

  • comprehension recall
  • findability time
  • task completion
  • error rate
  • decision quality
  • qualified conversion
  • retention or follow through
  • reader trust
  • maintenance drift

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