Common mistake
Spending too much time on openings or advanced words squeezes development and final checking.
Break the problem into one blocker, one piece of diagnostic evidence, and one next revision target first. The smaller the problem, the more focused the rewrite becomes.
Make the problem smaller first so the rewrite can actually focus.
Spending too much time on openings or advanced words squeezes development and final checking.
If the final five minutes do not check task response, overview, or repeated grammar errors, timing is unstable.
Assign fixed minutes to Task 1, Task 2, outlining, and checking.
Practice one Task 2 in forty minutes and record where the time stalls.
These pages explain the Banfen Writing diagnostic and blocker-repair method, Task 1 overview, Task 2 development, and common score blockers.
Submit the prompt and essay, find the criterion that most affects the score, then decide which paragraph to rewrite.