Learn How to Improve Your Handwriting

But people whose handwriting looks as good as printed matter are very few. While most of people have a legible, neat handwriting, there are some whose handwriting look as if a scared chicken was let loose and ran all over the paper. Their handwriting is hardly legible and sticks out like a sore thumb on the page. Is your handwriting something like that?

However, if good handwriting is not developed in childhood and once its set, it is difficult to change one's handwriting. Improving an adult's handwriting would involve making the writing more legible, increasing writing speed and fluency, and learning how to grasp the pen in the correct position. The following are some ways of improving your handwriting.

Write a paragraph on anything and then observe what you want to change in your handwriting. Maybe some letters are smaller than the others or the space between two alphabets is not even.

Keep a goal in mind. Find out what needs improvement and what you want your handwriting to be like. It is a good idea to compare your handwriting with different people. Knowing what skills you want to adopt from their handwriting will help you set a clear goal in mind. It will then be easier to improve your handwriting having a specific end result in mind.

Write something and observe how you do it. Do you use your fingers to write? Or do you use the shoulders and forearms? The correct technique is to write with your shoulder and forearm and not your fingers. The fingers should just be a guide and not the force. Never squeeze the pen too hard.

Many people put the entire weight of their hand on the paper and then repeatedly keep lifting it and moving it across the page. This lends their handwriting a cramped and tight lettering style. Instead, employ the muscles in the forearm and shoulder and the strokes in your handwriting will be much more uniform.

Don't start practicing writing directly, get comfortable with shapes and sizes first. Use a whiteboard or drawing paper or handwriting worksheets and make sweeping actions with your wrists. This will help you get comfortable with the shapes and lines before you move on to letters. It will also help to make your strokes more smoother and cleaner.

Then study the handwriting―the slant of each letter, the strokes, the letter formation and the ascenders and descenders. It is important to know your letters very well. Move to complete words once you've worked through the letters. Again pay minute attention to the letters flowing from one to the next, the character spacing and the space between two words.

Use every opportunity that you get to write. Avoid typing or using the computer or your blackberry and switch to writing instead. This will improve your hand-eye coordination and develop control over your muscles. It is a good idea to buy a copywriting book for the purpose.

Formulate a sentence for yourself and write it on top of the page everyday when you sit to practice, this will show you the progress that you've made over the days. It will also motivate you to try harder when you see positive results.

Make sure that you practice a lot. Nothing can be achieved if you don't keep at it and work towards the target that you've set for yourself.

Granted, it is difficult to change habits that have evolved over the years but it is not impossible. By using these fairly easy pointers on improving your handwriting, you can change the way you write, for the better. And while you are at it, see for yourself the appreciative glances people throw your way when they notice your perfect script.