Balance between content of the prescribed text and related text? (1 Viewer)

[Startales]

Hi, for both the essays in paper 1 and 2 that require a related text, what would be an optimal balance between the amount of content you write for the prescribed and related text? Is it better to keep it 50/50 or lean towards a 60/40~ in favour of the prescribed text?

Thanks in advance

 

[swagmeister]

Hi, for both the essays in paper 1 and 2 that require a related text, what would be an optimal balance between the amount of content you write for the prescribed and related text? Is it better to keep it 50/50 or lean towards a 60/40~ in favour of the prescribed text?

Thanks in advance

Heard from a HSC marker - definitely not 50/50 but definitely not 65/35, somewhere in the middle )