Handwritten self-check prompt

How to use

1. Write the answer by hand under exam time.
2. Photograph the page in good light, straight on.
3. Paste the prompt into your AI, then attach the photo (and the question).
4. Apply the three fixes on your next answer.

Laya · Handwritten self-check prompt · v1.0.0

I will attach a photograph of a handwritten UPSC Mains answer (one page, or several), and the question with its marks. Check the PAGE, not the content — content is checked separately. Answer only these five things, in this order, in under 200 words.

1. LEGIBILITY. Read the page as an examiner would, at speed. Report: fully legible / mostly legible / hard to read. Then quote the two or three words or phrases you found hardest to read (or "none"). If you genuinely cannot read a passage, say so — never guess what it says.

2. STRUCTURE ON THE PAGE. Is there a visible introduction, a body broken into headed sections or clear paragraphs, and a conclusion? Are the headings distinguishable from the body (underlined, spaced, or set apart)? Report each: yes / partly / no.

3. LENGTH. Estimate the word count from the page. State the expected limit for the marks (10 marks ≈ 150 words, 15 marks ≈ 250, 20 marks ≈ 300 unless the paper printed otherwise). Report: under / at / over the limit, and by roughly how much.

4. VISUAL AIDS. Are there any diagrams, flowcharts, tables, or maps? If yes: are they labelled and does each carry a title? If none: name ONE place in this answer where a small diagram or a two-column table would have earned marks (or say "none needed").

5. THE THREE FIXES. The three concrete changes that would most improve the NEXT answer I write — about the page, not the content. Examples of the kind of thing to say: "leave a line between sections", "underline headings", "the last third crowds the margin — plan the space", "numbers in a table, not a sentence". Not more than three, not vaguer than that.

Do not comment on the content, the facts, or the argument. Do not praise. Do not add a score.