Why templates fail
The logic and collocations in model essays are the author's natural expression after years of accumulation. Forcing them into an unfamiliar context screams "patchwriting" to the examiner.
Reading Band 9 essays feels great, but in the exam, your brain defaults to the same broken logic and Chinglish you are used to.
It is time to correct the wrong habits you have held onto for a long time.
Thinking that memorizing model essays perfectly will allow you to copy-paste them in the exam for a high score.
Your brain only remembers the paths you have struggled with, thought through, and ultimately corrected yourself.
The logic and collocations in model essays are the author's natural expression after years of accumulation. Forcing them into an unfamiliar context screams "patchwriting" to the examiner.
Put away the model essays and templates. Face the flawed first draft you just finished, target the diagnosed problems, and rewrite using your own vocabulary and logic.
These pages explain the Banfen Writing diagnostic and blocker-repair method, Task 1 overview, Task 2 development, and common score blockers.
Submit a real first draft, see clearly where your vocabulary and logic gaps lie, and replace ambiguous self-perception with real evidence.