My tutor advised that we have a go at handwriting a section of text to get an idea of how much we can write in the exam, giving that the handwriting has to be legible and you need a bit of time to plan and some thinking time mid-essay.
I managed 120 words in five minutes copying a section of text, it wasn't as legible as it could have been, but it wasn't too bad.
So if I work on 10 minutes to read the question and set out the essay plan and ideas, 5 minutes during writing as thinking time and 5 minutes at the end to read and if necessary edit/add, that leaves me about 40 minutes of writing, which is effectively 1000 words.
100 - 120 words - into.
150 - 180 words - definition
210 - 255 words - argument A
210 - 255 words - argument B
210 - 255 words - argument C
120 - 145 words - conclusion
1000 - 1210 Words in total.
So, this week and over the weekend I'll get the materials needed for TMA06 together, and then the following week I'll see how realistic this schedule really is.
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