That checklist is close to what I do. I also force a line on the most vulnerable person in the case, not only the department and the officer. And I don't invent a law I'm not sure exists.

I'll start with 2 + 1 and a next-morning review. If that sticks for three weeks I can add more.

And only use a case if you can state the point in one line. A half-remembered judgement is worse than none.

If you can delete an example and the paragraph still stands, it was decoration. That's the test I use.

Practice on actual answer sheets and count lines, not words, once you know your average words per line. And stop after the planned number of points. A fourth point that repeats the first is how I use…

It's clear and I wouldn't call it vague, but it is a bit abstract. If the question allows, one concrete setting (procurement, transfers, a licensing decision) in the next line would make the rest of …

I'll time the intro at under 2 minutes in the next practice set. Thanks.

And I would write one mains answer a week from much earlier, even bad ones. Waiting for 'enough content' meant I started writing too late.

Just don't pick based on last year's highest scores. Those swing. Pick the one you'll still open in the evening after a full GS day.