COIG-Writer: A High-Quality Dataset for Chinese Creative Writing with Thought Processes

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Main Authors: Li, Yunwen, Ying, Shuangshuang, Qu, Xingwei, Li, Xin, Jin, Sheng, Liu, Minghao, Wen, Zhoufutu, Zheng, Tianyu, Du, Xeron, Chen, Qiguang, Shi, Jiajun, Zhou, Wangchunshu, Feng, Jiazhan, Zhong, Wanjun, Qin, Libo, Huang, Stephen, Che, Wanxiang, Lin, Chenghua, Zhang, Eli
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author Li, Yunwen
Ying, Shuangshuang
Qu, Xingwei
Li, Xin
Jin, Sheng
Liu, Minghao
Wen, Zhoufutu
Zheng, Tianyu
Du, Xeron
Chen, Qiguang
Shi, Jiajun
Zhou, Wangchunshu
Feng, Jiazhan
Zhong, Wanjun
Qin, Libo
Huang, Stephen
Che, Wanxiang
Lin, Chenghua
Zhang, Eli
author_facet Li, Yunwen
Ying, Shuangshuang
Qu, Xingwei
Li, Xin
Jin, Sheng
Liu, Minghao
Wen, Zhoufutu
Zheng, Tianyu
Du, Xeron
Chen, Qiguang
Shi, Jiajun
Zhou, Wangchunshu
Feng, Jiazhan
Zhong, Wanjun
Qin, Libo
Huang, Stephen
Che, Wanxiang
Lin, Chenghua
Zhang, Eli
contents Large language models exhibit systematic deficiencies in creative writing, particularly in non-English contexts where training data is scarce and lacks process-level supervision. We present COIG-Writer, a novel Chinese creative writing dataset that captures both diverse outputs and their underlying thought processes through systematic reverse-engineering of high-quality texts. Unlike existing datasets that provide only input-output pairs, COIG-Writer comprises 1,665 meticulously curated triplets spanning 51 genres, each containing: (1) a reverse-engineered prompt, (2) detailed creative reasoning documenting decision-making processes, and (3) the final text. Through comprehensive experiments, we identify a two-component model of creative writing: narrative logic (provided by process supervision) and linguistic expression (maintained by general-purpose data). Our findings reveal three critical insights: (1) Process supervision is highly effective but requires stabilization with general data. A ratio of at least one creative sample to twelve general samples is needed to achieve optimal performance; below this threshold, the win rate progressively degrades (from 62.75% down to 35.78%)., (2) creative capabilities are culturally-bound with no cross-lingual transfer (89.26pp gap between Chinese and English performance), and (3) lexical diversity inversely correlates with creative quality (TTR paradox), suggesting high diversity signals compensatory behavior for logical deficiencies. These findings establish that creative excellence emerges from the interaction between logical scaffolding and linguistic grounding, analogous to how mathematical reasoning enhances but cannot replace linguistic competence in foundation models.
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spellingShingle COIG-Writer: A High-Quality Dataset for Chinese Creative Writing with Thought Processes
Li, Yunwen
Ying, Shuangshuang
Qu, Xingwei
Li, Xin
Jin, Sheng
Liu, Minghao
Wen, Zhoufutu
Zheng, Tianyu
Du, Xeron
Chen, Qiguang
Shi, Jiajun
Zhou, Wangchunshu
Feng, Jiazhan
Zhong, Wanjun
Qin, Libo
Huang, Stephen
Che, Wanxiang
Lin, Chenghua
Zhang, Eli
Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
Large language models exhibit systematic deficiencies in creative writing, particularly in non-English contexts where training data is scarce and lacks process-level supervision. We present COIG-Writer, a novel Chinese creative writing dataset that captures both diverse outputs and their underlying thought processes through systematic reverse-engineering of high-quality texts. Unlike existing datasets that provide only input-output pairs, COIG-Writer comprises 1,665 meticulously curated triplets spanning 51 genres, each containing: (1) a reverse-engineered prompt, (2) detailed creative reasoning documenting decision-making processes, and (3) the final text. Through comprehensive experiments, we identify a two-component model of creative writing: narrative logic (provided by process supervision) and linguistic expression (maintained by general-purpose data). Our findings reveal three critical insights: (1) Process supervision is highly effective but requires stabilization with general data. A ratio of at least one creative sample to twelve general samples is needed to achieve optimal performance; below this threshold, the win rate progressively degrades (from 62.75% down to 35.78%)., (2) creative capabilities are culturally-bound with no cross-lingual transfer (89.26pp gap between Chinese and English performance), and (3) lexical diversity inversely correlates with creative quality (TTR paradox), suggesting high diversity signals compensatory behavior for logical deficiencies. These findings establish that creative excellence emerges from the interaction between logical scaffolding and linguistic grounding, analogous to how mathematical reasoning enhances but cannot replace linguistic competence in foundation models.
title COIG-Writer: A High-Quality Dataset for Chinese Creative Writing with Thought Processes
topic Computation and Language
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.14763