The essay for UPSC is the complete game-changer. The scores in this paper range widely from 25 to a whopping 180. Aspirants, often, cannot come up with good essays because of a lack of brainstorming as well as practice. Are you struggling with the same problem? Fear not, Eden IAS is happy to help you out.
Essay writing by Eden IAS
Mentored by the best teacher for essays as well as Ethics – Mr. Tirthankar Roychowdhary, this course grooms you as a candidate who can write an essay for UPSC that leaves an impact on the examiner. First and foremost, one needs to focus on which topic to choose. When selecting a topic, pay heed to the prior knowledge you have about it.
Watch out for how comfortable you are with the content at hand, the ideas, and the evidence you have to back these arguments. Always remember that you are surrounded by candidates who have the same paper. Think of the topic that will be usually picked by the people whom you are surrounded with. Usually, go for the less-picked topic. This can help you in impressing the examiner. Make sure that the topics you are picking are of diverse themes.
While selecting the topic, do make a mental note of how many novel and borrowed ideas you are incorporating.
The more novel ideas, the better it is. Once you have selected a topic, look for a nice quote/saying; anecdote; narration; interrogation (relevant, topical, pertinent questions), or a comprehensive definition to introduce it with.
The introduction should be clear and should not create confusion. It should signal that you understand the topic. Next, analyse the topic from multiple dimensions. For example: If dealing with an essay for UPSC on surrogacy, you can examine the various dimensions or facets of birth, during birth, post-birth, death, etc. This is the trailer of your essay. You explain one dimension at a time. You use concepts, ideas, pieces of evidence, and quantitative or qualitative data from reliable sources. Here, current affairs come in handy. This is the most important part of the essay for UPSC.
A movie should have a logical climax. The conclusion is the logical climax of your essay movie. The conclusion should be practical (economically viable, socially acceptable, and ecologically sustainable) and thought-provoking which can make an impact on the evaluator.
Plotting the thinking process of an evaluator. Leave a trail. Ending with a quote is one of the best ways. Your first quote and the last quote encapsulate the entire essay for UPSC. Don’t repeat the introduction in the conclusion since it shows a repetitive mindset. Since essays are of considerable length, it becomes important to finish them up in the stipulated time. As per UPSC, a candidate needs to write two essays each of 1000-1200 words in 3 hours. Sounds easy? Well, put these tips into practice with Eden IAS’s essay-writing course. Ethics Notes for UPSC Reach out to them and get enrolled now.
