Well, as long as you pass a certain amount, it's more about quality. I wrote 2 pages in my trial (coz I was running out of time) and I got 16/20 lolI have slow handwriting so I had a fair amount of time practising my essays under time condition. I’m happy that I made it in the exams but I cut my persuasive speech so short tho. Last time in the trials I wasn't able to finish my papers so I left out a 5 marker question and reduced my 1000 word essay to 500!! My teacher then advised me not to spend so long on my creative piece but I’m anxious that my speech was not long enough, I wrote about a page and a half...
And the thing i learnt from trial is to always do essay parts first than the short answer questions