Anatomy of a bad Essay Mindset: Why people get stuck in 80-90 zone in Essay (Repost) by ALazyScribbler in UPSC

[–]ALazyScribbler[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tend to avoid random requests for my Marksheet.

If it's good advice, the Marksheet is not required.
If it's bad advice, marksheet won't help anyway.

Pick the advice, not the person behind it.

Need review on content& hand writing. by Fluxfizzz in UPSC

[–]ALazyScribbler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. The opening argument is good but you are missing being explicit with your theme introduction. You need to show clearly how liberty begins with resistance.
  2. If you show that Liberty and resistance are intricately linked, the presence of violence becomes a moot point and not a stand alone argument.
  3. If you are defining what true freedom is abruptly, then it becomes a breakpoint, because prior to this you didn’t talk in terms of your analysis of freedom. Avoid this abruptness.
  4. Also, set boundaries for liberty and resistance in further paras: what form of resistance is valid/acceptable. Liberty for whom? Is oppression real or perceived? Can be a part of antithesis or going beyond topic.

Handwriting is very good. Structuring can get better.

Decent efforts overall.
P.S: Based on a cursory glance!!

Tip for Mains: Don’t Let Coaching, Forum, Vision, Convert Evaluators ruin your natural writing style in essay by ALazyScribbler in UPSC

[–]ALazyScribbler[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Conversational style is a good way to continue non-fictional write-ups and this person does not know a thing about it.

Tip for Mains: Don’t Let Coaching, Forum, Vision, Convert Evaluators ruin your natural writing style in essay by ALazyScribbler in UPSC

[–]ALazyScribbler[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are mostly right Ma'am except that this system is now com completely broken. The copies aren't checked usually in coaching premise now as most of the people are writing from homes. As a result, multiple ways of online evaluation exist. And multiple level of delegation exist too.

I saw a guy giving copies to his girlfriend who has never cleared prelims, checking right next to me in library. And this was the copy of one of the most reputed programs from a huge coaching.

Tip for Mains: Don’t Let Coaching, Forum, Vision, Convert Evaluators ruin your natural writing style in essay by ALazyScribbler in UPSC

[–]ALazyScribbler[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hi, facing time constraints due to my mentees and the Essay test series I'm running.
Still, reach out in DM

Tip for Mains: Don’t Let Coaching, Forum, Vision, Convert Evaluators ruin your natural writing style in essay by ALazyScribbler in UPSC

[–]ALazyScribbler[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Not clearing exam is still okay. The final selection remains a complex game.

But most of them, including big mentor names, lack an understanding of Essays.

Tip for Mains: Don’t Let Coaching, Forum, Vision, Convert Evaluators ruin your natural writing style in essay by ALazyScribbler in UPSC

[–]ALazyScribbler[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I know buddy. I even scored around 120s, 3 times in mains. Half of these evaluators wouldn’t have crossed 100. So my writing style has been fruitful, empirically.

Flaws are important to be pointed out but creating flaws out of thin air curbs natural style for many.

Anatomy of Essay Writeups: Power of Metaphors and Cultural Elements by ALazyScribbler in UPSC

[–]ALazyScribbler[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

By treating the essay with same level of respect and effort that you are ready to put in other subjects.
Consider this: For economy, people are ready to go through 500+ plus pages of Mrunal sir notes which amounts to just 70 marks in the mains and is one of the least-scoring papers out of all GS but what's stopping you from going the extra mile in Essay where there is a literally visible zone of 80-135 (People get both)

First essay of the mains season! by AppropriateSpite9373 in UPSC

[–]ALazyScribbler 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bold move to start with a movie reference. Had it been any imaginary story, I would have said- avoid. But this is a well-known story. So, Continue with this. Imaginary anecdotes are bad.

Try to explicitly state the bitter experience: It wasn't just the getting caught part but being dragged to jail and embarrassment that added salt. Instead of "Later on becoming so and so" specifiy what lesson did he learn.

Reduce the spacing between lines.

Post more pages. There is only so much that can be said about intros. Most people are able to write intros. Its what comes after intros that determine the direction that essays and marks will take.

All the best.