SBLPlanning time in exam

I recommend that students spend 35-55 minutes reading and planning for AAA - which is only 3 hours 15 mins - so I think you should expect to spend at least an hour in reading and planning the casestudy for SBL. Consider this also - if an answer can be written for AAA in 2 1/2 hours - an answer for SBL can be written in 2 1/2 hours. The more planning you do - the easier the writing will be and the more naturally the professional skills marks will flow from your answer. Remember that you don't have to write more to earn the professional skills marks - they will be earned by the quality of your answer - not quantity. I suggest you review your answer to Specimen 3 and consider whether anything you wrote was superfluous/a digression/repetition. It may be that you need to be more effective in your writing of the answer - making every point count - and saving time there - rather than stint on the time needed for adequate planning You also say "write role/format etc" - surely you don't mean that you actually wrote these out rather than highlight them (e.g. with a highlighter or colour pen).