Although most people receive some kind of fine writing technique training as a child, we often forget these lessons as we grow older. Especially in an age when communication and note-taking is increasingly moving to computers and cell phones, many people find themselves in situations where their handwriting is completely unreadable. Even if your handwriting is clear enough to understand, there is always room for improvement.
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Method 1 of 3: Preparation for Writing
Step 1. Gather the best ingredients
All you need is a piece of paper and a pen or pencil – it looks pretty simple, doesn't it? However, low-quality materials can have a significant impact on the clarity of your writing.
- The page should be smooth – not rough enough that it will catch on the tip of your pen and create other lines in your letters, and not so smooth that the tip of your pen slides out of control.
- Use lined paper of the size you're comfortable with – with large line spacing if your writing is large, and regular line spacing if your writing is small.
- Keep in mind that in many professional contexts adults are usually expected to write on a regular width of paper, but feel free to use large spaced lined paper if you are young and still in school.
- Experiment with different types of ballpoint pens to try what works best for you. There are several styles, each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
- The ink pen uses liquid ink and has a flexible nib that allows for beautiful writing. Even though they provide beautiful lines, a good ink pen can be expensive, and it takes a lot of practice to master the perfect ink pen technique.
- The ballpoint pen uses a paste ink that some people don't like; however, the price offered is very cheap. Remember that there is a price and there is a form; Cheap ballpoint pens will give bad handwriting, so it's probably worth spending more money on a better pen.
- Rollerball pens have a similar “ball”-shaped ink delivery system to regular ballpoint pens, but many people prefer these ballpoint pens because they use higher quality liquid ink than paste ink. However, these ballpoint pens are not as durable as ordinary ballpoint pens.
- The gel ink used in ballpoint pens, gel ink, is more viscous than liquid ink, and produces smooth motion and lines that many people like. Gel ink pens come in a variety of colors, but dry quickly.
- A ballpoint pen with a fiber tip uses a felt tip made of flannel to deliver the ink, and many writers enjoy its distinctive taste when struck on paper; smooth, but with little friction or resistance. Because the ink dries quickly, this type of ballpoint pen is a great choice for left-handed writers whose hands often blur the writing when moving from the left to write.
Step 2. Find a good writing desk
The first step to developing good posture while writing is to use a good writing surface. If the table is used too low, the writer will tend to bend and arch his spine so that it can cause injury and chronic pain. If it is too high, people lift their shoulders higher which is uncomfortable, and results in neck and shoulder pain. Sit with a table that allows you to bend your elbows at a 90-degree angle while writing.
Step 3. Have good writing posture
Once you've found a desk that prevents you from slouching or lifting your shoulders too high, you should hold yourself in a posture that prevents back, neck, and shoulder pain that can result from incorrect writing posture.
- Sit in your chair with your feet flat on the floor.
- Sit up straight, keeping your back and neck straight. You can take occasional breaks if this posture is difficult, but over time, your muscles will build and allow you to maintain good posture for a long time.
- Instead of lowering your head to look at the page you're writing, hold your head up and keep your eyes down. This will result in your head drooping slightly, but won't hang over the page.
Step 4. Position the sheet of paper at an angle of 30 and 45 degrees
Sit close to the edge of the table and turn the page you are writing so that it is at an angle between 30 and 45 degrees from your body. If you are left-handed, the top edge of the paper should point to your right; if you're right-handed, the top edge should point to your left.
As you practice writing, make slight adjustments to find the angle you find most comfortable for you and allow you to write clearly
Step 5. Stretch your hands before writing
The increased use of computers and cell phones for written communication has had a significant negative impact on handwriting – a study showed that 33% of people had difficulty reading their own handwriting. Another symptom of this decline is the rarity of people writing by hand today; If you don't stretch your arms to prepare them for a sudden extra activity, you'll find your hands are cramping faster than you think.
- Firmly grasp the hand you are writing with and hold that position for thirty seconds. Repeat four to five times.
- Bend your fingers down until the tip of each finger touches the base of the finger where it meets the palm of your hand. Hold for 30 seconds, then release. Repeat four to five times.
- Place your hands palms down on the table. Lift and stretch your fingers one at a time, then lower. Repeat eight to ten times. Now you can try and write more neatly than you used to. Follow those steps!
Method 2 of 3: Writing Neatly Printed Fonts
Step 1. Hold it properly
Many people grip their pens too tightly to try to control the lines, but it often causes hand pain that results in messy handwriting. The pen should not be held too tightly in your hand.
- Place your index finger on the ballpoint pen, about 2.5 cm from the eye of the ball.
- Place your thumb on the side of the ballpoint pen.
- Rest the bottom of the pen against the side of your middle finger.
- Let your ring finger and little finger hang comfortably and naturally.
Step 2. Use your entire arm as you write
A lot of bad writing is caused by a person's tendency to "draw" the letters using only his fingers. Good writing technique engages the muscles along the length of the hand from the fingers to the shoulder, and results in a smoother ballpoint movement on the paper rather than the motion-and-stop motion that is often encountered when “drawing” writing. Your fingers will act more as a guide than as a driving force for your writing. Focus on the following:
- Don't write with just your finger; You should engage your upper arms and shoulders as well.
- Don't raise your hand to slide it every few words; You should use your entire arm to move your hand gently across the paper as you write.
- Keep your wrist as stable as possible. Your upper arm should move, your fingers should guide the ballpoint pen in various shapes, but your wrist should not move too much.
Step 3. Practice with simple lines and circles
With the correct hand position and writing motion, write a row of lines along the line of lined paper. The lines should be slightly slanted to the right. On the next line on the page, write a line of round shapes, trying to make them as large and round as possible. Practice good technique on your lines and circles for 5 to 10 minutes each day until you see the development of control in your writing.
- Focus on keeping the lines the same length with the same slope. The rounded shapes should also have the same circles along the rows, be the same size and close neatly and perfectly.
- Initially, your lines and circles will look messy. Your lines may be of different lengths, not have the same angle of inclination, etc. Some of your circles may be perfectly round, while others may be more elongated. Some may be completely covered, while others may have tails from the stacked end of the pen line.
- Even though this activity looks simple, don't give up if your lines and circles look messy at first. Keep practicing doing it regularly for a short period of time, and you will see the progress that results from your practice.
- Practice developing control in making lines and curves will help you to form clearer writings.
Step 4. Take turns writing the letters
Once you're comfortable with good posture, grip, and writing motions for creating shapes and lines, you should turn your attention to the actual letters. But don't practice right away by writing long sentences; start practicing your writing by writing a line of each letter, as you did when you started learning to write as a child.
- Write each letter 10 times in uppercase and another ten in lowercase across the lined page.
- Write down the entire alphabet at least three times each day.
- Practice so that you achieve uniformity along the lines: each “a” should look the same as all the other “a”s, and the slope of the “t” should be the same as the slope of the “l”.
- The base of each letter must rest on the line under the writing on the lined paper.
Step 5. Practice writing a full paragraph
You can copy a paragraph from a book, write your own paragraph, or simply copy a paragraph from this article. However, you can practice all the basics of your writing practice with pangrams, or sentences containing each letter of the alphabet. You can have fun trying to make your own pangrams, searching the internet for them, or using some of the following examples:
- The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.
- Jim quickly realized that the beautiful gowns are expensive.
- Few quips galvanized the mock jury box.
- Pack my red box with five dozen quality jugs.
Step 6. Do it slowly
Don't expect your handwriting to be good overnight; it may take longer to erase the muscle memory built up from years of writing the wrong way. However, with time and patience, you will see improvement in your handwriting.
- Do not rush. While in some situations – for example, if you are taking notes in class or at a business meeting – you will need to write quickly, write slowly whenever possible and focus on keeping your lettering uniform throughout.
- Over time, as your hands and arms develop and get used to this new writing motion, you can speed up your writing while trying to keep your handwriting neat with slow writing exercises.
Step 7. Write by hand whenever possible
If you are serious about improving your handwriting, you must commit to it. While taking notes on a laptop or tablet is easier and more tempting, your handwriting will again become messy if you don't continue to train your hands and arms to write.
Bring techniques from your practice time into the real world: bring a good ballpoint pen and a good writing book; find a writing surface of good height; do so with good writing posture; hold the ball pen properly, with the paper at a comfortable angle; and let your finger guide your pen as your arm moves it across the paper
Method 3 of 3: Writing Concatenated Letters Neatly
Step 1. Use materials and postures of the same quality as you used when writing the typeface
The only difference in writing print and cursive is the shape of the letters. Keep all the pointers from the first two parts of this article in mind as you practice cursive: have good quality materials, a writing desk of the right height, good posture, and a good pen grip.
Step 2. Dig up your memory of cursive alphabet writing
You may have learned how to write the entire alphabet in uppercase and lowercase in your childhood. However, if you, like most adults, have gone many years without practicing your cursive, you may find that you don't remember how to make the letters. While many letters are quite similar to the typeface, some – such as the lower and upper case “f” – are not.
- Purchase a cursive book from the “school” corridor at the store, or visit a teaching supply store if you can't find one. If these two store options don't have them, buy them online.
- You can also find sample letters easily from the internet for free.
Step 3. Practice each letter in upper and lower case
Just as you would with printed letters, you will have to practice each conjunctive letter separately, just as you did when you first learned to write conjunctive letters. Make sure you follow the correct strokes for each letter.
- At first, do the writing with separate letters. Write ten uppercase A's in a row, ten lowercase A's in a row, ten uppercase B's in a row, etc., ensuring that each repetition stands alone.
- But remember that when writing cursive letters, the letters are connected to one another. Once you're comfortable practicing writing the letters separately, repeat the previous steps, but connect one letter to another.
- Keep in mind that there is no connection in capitalization with conjunctive letters; then you would write an uppercase A and connect it with a series of nine lowercase A's.
Step 4. Perfect the joints between the letters
The biggest difference between cursive and printed, apart from the shape of the letters, is clearly the letters in a word that are connected by pen strokes in cursive writing. That way, it's important that you can connect any two letters naturally without thinking too much about how you should do it. To practice this, follow a number of patterns throughout the alphabet, alternating from day to day to keep you from getting bored and also to help you practice different types of concatenation over time.
- Front to back, to the middle of the sequence: a-z-b-y-c-x-d-w-e-v-f-u-g-t-h-s-i-r-j-q-k-p-l-o-m-n
- Back to front, to the middle of the sequence: z-a-y-b-x-c-w-d-v-e-u-f-t-g-s-h-r-i-q-j-p-k-o-l-n-m
- Front to back, skipping one letter: a-c-e-g-i-k-m-o-q-s-u-w-y; b-d-f-h-j-l-n-p-r-t-v-x-z
- Back to front goes through two letters, and always ends with: z-w-t-q-m-k-h-e-b; y-v-s-p-m-j-g-d-a; x-u-r-o-l-i-f-c
- Etc. Make as many patterns as you want – the goal is simply to focus on creating connections between the different letters.
- An added advantage of this exercise is that because the letters don't create actual words, you won't be able to write them in a hurry. By encouraging you to take it slowly, you will practice writing your letters and connecting them with more care and precision.
Step 5. Write down sentences and paragraphs
As you did in the previous section. You should continue the practice by writing actual words, sentences, and paragraphs as you become comfortable with writing the letters yourself. Use the same pangrams as you used to practice the typeface.
Step 6. Move your pen slowly but surely
In printed letters, you lift your pen every time you finish a letter or two, depending on your personal writing style. However, in cursive, you will have to write many letters before lifting your pen. This can cause problems with the flow of cursive writing.
- You may be tempted to take a break after writing a letter or two. Not only will this interrupt the flow of writing, it can also create ink blobs if you use an ink pen or other ink pen.
- Write slowly and carefully as needed to make sure you don't have to rest your pen in the middle of writing a word. Concatenated letters should form into a word at an even and gentle rate.
Tips
- Don't lean back while you write. For example, don't lean on your left because when you do you will read your writing at an angle, so sit up straight and use a sharp pencil.
- Do it slowly. It's okay if your friend is done. Continue your development until you master it.
- Focus on improving your handwriting, not on your flaws.
- After you've written a paragraph or more, stop and see what you've done. If it's neat, continue writing it the way it was; if not, think about what you can do to fix it.
- If you don't want to write the entire alphabet, write random words, like your name, your favorite food, etc.
- Start by using “outlined” paper. Writing large in lines will help you maintain a uniform size of each letter and you will be able to check small parts of your writing. Replace with small lined paper as you progress.
Warning
- Your hands will be sore, so make sure you are prepared for that.
- Don't be depressed! Usually, schoolchildren will correct their bad writing.
- If you see someone "faster" than you or they finish first, tell yourself that maybe they're bored and aren't careful to do it.
