Essay Paper Part - 2

 Take not more then five to ten minutes in the deciding which topic to write : it would be utterly confusing to choose one topic out of the given four / five , upon practice, it is always seen that one is included to a specific set of topics, often. So practical more and make sure not much time is taken for the topic selection. It is even more important to stick to your choice and believe in it ! Don’t think of changing the topic in the middle of the examination. That would do more harm than good 

One can also eliminate some topics with which one is not comfortable. Some topics most of the aspirants cannot maintain a balance throughout the essay, so better opt them out as well. Finally, select the topic that you think can do justice. Sometimes one particular essay seems tempting from the first look and we decide to write that without even reading the other ones. The answer booklet of the main examination consists of 24 pages. The last 3-4 Pages can be used for rough work. If you are sure that you can complete the main booklet. Then ask for one additional at the beginning of the exam and use it for rough work 

Take time to draft ideas and priorities : Once a topic is chosen, one of the better ways to approach the essay paper (though this cannot be Generalized ) is to start with a draft / rough version of your essay. Take some rough sheets or go to the backside of your answer sheet, and start jotting down everything and anything that gets in to your mind about the topic. We generally call such thinking green - light thinking. Don’t stop on any negative annotations and keep collecting all the ideas that you can think of. It is easy to think of ideas by thinking of questions . Once you are sure that enough ideas are noted, think of a possible conclusion that you want to be end the essay with your conclusions is the single most important item in making your essay. Take good time to think of it and from a conclusion. Now from the points that you drafted before, Prioritize and organize the ideas / points according to the conclusion you decided upon. Some of those points could be used in favor of the conclusion, Other could be used against the conclusion. Use your conscience whether to include or exclude some of the ideas that are drafted. Next, think of a nice introduction that can really open up your ideas and subsequently the conclusion to the examiner. There is no set of rules as to what to be written for a good introduction, but it is good to have a grand opening. If you can think of any recent happenings / some anecdotes / phrases or some unique presentation , it would help in making a solid impression. The whole of this process of drafting the ideas, Making the conclusion, organizing the ideas and providing an introduction would take a good amount of time anywhere between 45 min to 90 min . It is important that one practice all these steps to get a through hold on the entire exercise.

Know your speed: it is important to know one’s speed of writing. If one can write around 1000 Words in one hour, for example, all he needs is around one and half hours to finish writing the full essay. The rest of the time in the three - hour examination could be used for drafting the ideas and and prioritizing them. The more time you take to write the essays, the less time you get for the above step of drafting the ideas and Organizing them . So channelize your preparation to enable more time is provided for the thinking part and less time for the writing part. Improve your writing speed as much as you can.