kind of stupid quesiton :( - Writers Forum

sputnik_15 · 09-20-2007, 01:47 AM

hi its kind of a stupid question.. a little embarrasing i think but.

is there anywhere on this site that could help me with my actual writing skills like my penmenship. because i honestly have a hard time writing so somebody can read it. I always feel stupid turning in a non typed paper. I never get better, no matter how much i write, i actually get worse when i write alot.

i just need to know how to where i can learn to write more neat. and maybe a litte better..

im in college and i still have bad handwriting

Olly Buckle · 09-20-2007, 04:52 AM

Seems sensible to me and while I can understand the writing might be embarrassing I can't see why the desire to improve it should be. I am sorry I don't have an instant answer but have you tried googling calligraphy and handwriting?

Sinilin · 09-20-2007, 04:56 AM

My friend had the same problem. He writes now with a more clear handwriting than before. He just practiced the letters like how they do in schools when they teach children to write. Like writing A, many times, then B and so on... ^^; I don't know does it works for everyone but he succeeded in that.

Good luck!

Mike C · 09-20-2007, 06:23 AM

College isn't a good place to improve your handwriting - too much pressure to get work turned in on time. All I can suggest is, as Sinilin said, lots of practice and, where possible, write more slowly. Speed kills handwriting.

Foxee · 09-20-2007, 07:55 AM

Sputnik, good advice so far. Calligraphy is a great hobby if you want to improve your handwriting. And if handwriting guides can help my 2nd grader to write well they'll help anyone. Keep a handwritten journal, jot notes during lectures. Practice makes perfect and in this case it's mostly a matter of conditioning your muscles.

streetkid · 09-20-2007, 09:04 AM

Everyone on this thread has given you great advice, so mine would just be to listen to all the stuff that's here. Be patient, take your time, and you'll improve it.

09-20-2007, 10:51 AM

I wouldn't worry too much about your handwriting Sputnik 15, afterall many of our historical greats had poor writing. Charles Darwin for example wrote inconsistently with great speed and in a tiny hand.
It may be said by some that poor handwriting is a sign of creativity and intellect as you are thinking quicker than you can write!

sputnik_15 · 09-20-2007, 04:46 PM

thats why i love typing. I can type much faster than i write.

so when i create a story, i can type what i think, and not have to write it word by word.

pervarakapadiaatwforum · 09-21-2007, 01:44 AM

yup naturally typing does make a lot of sense.Specially computer - you can delete and store

Destroyer · 09-21-2007, 04:21 AM

I actually have this same problem. There re precious few people who can actually read my writing. I tend to just write out a draft on paper and then type it up.

Olly Buckle · 09-21-2007, 04:33 AM

Something said there reminds me of finding a copy book that my father had as a child, I don't know if anyone still makes them, dad was born xmas day 1909 so that was a long time ago. A copy book was just that, on one side of the page was something written in perfect copperplate, on the other side three lines, fill the bottom to top line for loop letters like l or k bottom to middle for letters like a or e, that generation had a set task, fill a copy book. I don't know if you have done this, but learn to touch type. The sooner you do it the easier it is, at first it seems like it is slowing you down, in the long run it is much quicker and you can read and check your copy as you go along. If you carry on writing over a life time it will save you days and weeks of your time by wasting a few hours typing the same boring letters for a few hours.

sdavis2k · 09-21-2007, 09:40 AM

I had a pencil go into my right palm during the TCAP (our yearly test) in 1st grade, and it damaged some of the nerves in that hand. Between that and being taught how to write by a left handed mother when I am right handed, it has made my handwriting horrible.

Destroyer · 09-21-2007, 10:34 AM

Hard luck. I don't have any excuses. My handwriting just went to hell when I started secondary school.

Taxiday · 09-21-2007, 12:14 PM

My script is terrible - so I use it when I write checks!
For everything else that I want people to understand - block lettering.
So, if I can't get it right in 60+ years, don't let it turn you gray.

Olly Buckle · 09-21-2007, 07:04 PM

My first job was in a library in the days when we wrote out tickets and catalog cards by hand, it was a general rule that everyone had to print block capitals and I got so used to it I now find it hard to write any other way, forty five years later, habits die hard, if you feel good ones might be important to you establish them NOW it will only get harder.