Ok buy model UPSC answer sheets available in the stores. IT comes in a booklet for Rs.30. Never write in any other paper. Get so used to that paper and that space constraint. Also practice to avoid writing in the "do not write" column on the right side. Choose an appropriate pen. Cello butterflow was my choice. Don't change it until you get the service of your choice. Once the eye and hand gets so used to the paper and the pen respectively, your confidence will be high and your hand eye coordination will be quick.
Always use table & chair while writing. MAins exams -you will be writing in a table and chair.
I bought LCD projection sheet, divided it into several rows using a permanent marker. Usually I keep this projector sheet under my sheets and write. In few months you will find out that your hand is so used to writing in a perfect straight line. (but you have to keep changing the sheets every page you turn- you need not do this is UPSC exam because already your hand writes in a perfect straight line).
Develop your vocabulary. Newspapers are your best sources for that. You cannot memorize a thesaurus, whereas it is easier to learn the meaning of a word when it is actually used in a newspaper article.
Joining a test series for optionals will help. Collectively all this will help you score decently in essay.
As you start using UPSC like answer sheets, after a week's time randomly select few pages and count the number of words. For me it was roughly 95 per page and I rounded it off to hundred. So 100 words a page. Now it will be easy to plan the answers.
Attending abhilash's essay module will generally help you to understand what an answer should be like. How to jump from one para to another effortlessly and make the reading our answer sheet less painful for the examiner. So many tips are there. I'll think and continue posting.
Always use table & chair while writing. MAins exams -you will be writing in a table and chair.
I bought LCD projection sheet, divided it into several rows using a permanent marker. Usually I keep this projector sheet under my sheets and write. In few months you will find out that your hand is so used to writing in a perfect straight line. (but you have to keep changing the sheets every page you turn- you need not do this is UPSC exam because already your hand writes in a perfect straight line).
Develop your vocabulary. Newspapers are your best sources for that. You cannot memorize a thesaurus, whereas it is easier to learn the meaning of a word when it is actually used in a newspaper article.
Joining a test series for optionals will help. Collectively all this will help you score decently in essay.
As you start using UPSC like answer sheets, after a week's time randomly select few pages and count the number of words. For me it was roughly 95 per page and I rounded it off to hundred. So 100 words a page. Now it will be easy to plan the answers.
Attending abhilash's essay module will generally help you to understand what an answer should be like. How to jump from one para to another effortlessly and make the reading our answer sheet less painful for the examiner. So many tips are there. I'll think and continue posting.
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