Question : How To Improve Handwriting?
Answer :
- Handwriting is important but not the most important factor.For Mains, presentation is everything. How much you know matters less in comparison to the following factors:
- Ability to understand the question - this is far more difficult than it seems, when you are under exam stress most often only the key words register in our minds and we start off writing on and on, not realising that the question actually demands something entirely different.
- Ability to brainstorm points in a short period.
- Ability to bring in various different perspectives into your answer. The more perspectives you bring to your answer, the better your answer will be. For example, for a particular question you should be able to analyse the same from its social, political, economic, geographical, scientific, governance viewpoints and more.
- And to do all this in a span of seven minutes and present it in legible handwriting. That is all that matters, the person who is correcting the paper should be easily able to read your answer, without straining her eyes.
- You need to worry only if your handwriting is illegible. If it is so, give due importance to improve the same. Dedicating 20–30 minutes a day for cursive writing will make a world of difference.
- You may or may not get extra marks if you have very good handwriting. But you are sure to lose out, if your handwriting is illegible.
Here are a few tips to improve the presentation and readability of your answer:
- Increase the font of your writing. Generally bigger the font, easier it is to read.
- Give adequate spacing between lines.
- Start each paragraph from the middle of the page. This will give a good appearance to your answer, and it will also be easier for the examiner to differentiate between paragraphs. This will be particularly useful in the essay paper.
- Underline the key words. This is absolutely essential. This will bring the evaluators attention to the important points. Especially if you have a clumsy handwriting there are chances that the evaluator may miss out on key points.
- Divide your answer into sub headings. You can include the different perspectives under each sub heading.
- You need not have a very good handwriting, but you only need to give an impression of a good handwriting. And you can easily do that by following the above tips. And finally your content and the way of presentation is the king.
