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My handwriting has always been terrible and has long been a source of embarrassment for me and I'd like to change that.
I'm right-handed, but write the way a lefty does and am incapable of holding a pen the way a right handed person should. Should I bother trying to correct that or is it too late?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 30, 2021 10:47 AM |
Find a mean old nun to beat some good penmanship into you.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | December 30, 2021 6:04 AM |
Yes. After I read barely legible handwritten notes from predecessors, I made a point of leaving legible notes for my successors. My handwriting wasn't awful before, I just took greater pains with it.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | December 30, 2021 6:07 AM |
When you finish writing a word swing the last letter of the word upward. My handwriting sloped downward until I started doing this. Good luck. Also, try writing anything for five minutes a day. It doesn't matter what, but take your time to make sure it's legible. Set the same time of day, set a timer for five minutes. Google a subject you like and copy it down. Keep it legible.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | December 30, 2021 6:10 AM |
Yes, you can change. I changed the way I held my pen. I had been holding it wrong all my life. I also had to take a bunch of essay exams and wanted to get the highest scores possible, so I made it a point to write more legibly.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | December 30, 2021 6:11 AM |
Why bother?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | December 30, 2021 6:15 AM |
Poor handwriting is an unmistakable sign of low intelligence, sloth, penury, and untrustworthy-ness.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | December 30, 2021 7:11 AM |
It's not really a solution, but I find a straight edge guide (ruler, cardboard, a piece of mail, etc.) is a good temporary fix.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | December 30, 2021 7:14 AM |
Sorry, Madison, there’s no hope for you.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | December 30, 2021 7:17 AM |
Do not use a Ballpoint pen.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | December 30, 2021 9:58 AM |
I was able to improve my handwriting in my 20s, after dealing with a series of crazy teachers who were screaming at me every time my loops on lowercase letters "weren't big enough" or whatever. I suspect most DLers are old enough to have had teachers who went psychokiller on kids whose handwriting and cursive wasn't nice enough.
After being out of school for a few years I realized I didn't have anxiety about my writing anymore, but I did want a more stylish and legible style, so I worked on it. My handwriting isn't great by any means, but it's vastly improved. For me, all I needed to do was concentrate on making it look nice any time I was already writing something anyway, and after a few years there was natural improvement.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | December 30, 2021 10:47 AM |
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