The ABC of UPSC Essay Writing

A - Accuracy, Appropriateness, Attentiveness to your reader

B - Brevity or Conciseness, Brightness

C - Correctness ( of usage and grammar), Clarity, Consistency

In the course of UPSC preparation, you become a master of longitude of information. The essay paper requires you to filter, arrange, organize, and even innovate ideas out of that information, and at the same time, not diverging from the selected topic. It’s not the dearth of content but the lack of organizational skill that holds many students back.

However, this can easily be mastered with regular practice, expert evaluation, and working on the mistakes. Once this is done, the UPSC essay would become the most rewarding part of the paper, taking you beyond 'the' line.