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1. Grab Spencerian Penmanship, a 19th-century book still used to help improve the handwriting of older students and adults.
2. Find a pen that fits your hand like a glove and protect it with your LIFE.
3. Pinpoint which grip works best for you, protecting your hand from becoming fatigued while you are writing.
4. Use lined notebooks, notepads, and sticky notes to provide yourself a guide for your writing.
5. Always practice good posture while writing, even if you have to purchase a seat pad to help correct your poor sitting habits.
6. Slow down while writing. This will allow you to steady your hand and better focus on strengthening your penmanship.
7. Pick up some gel pens with fast-drying ink to prevent messy smudging on pages. This will be especially helpful for left-handers writing in notebooks with bindings for right-handers.
8. Lefties can buy a Maped Visio pen to lessen the uncomfortable angles and smearing often experienced while using pens designed for righties.
9. Try placing your paper at different angles to see if you prefer writing at an angle other than the traditional vertical one.
10. Flip through Write Now, a book that provides a detailed program for making your handwriting more legible and visually appealing.
11. Check online communities for tips from your fellow writers looking to take their own penmanship to the next level.
12. Snag a pack of handwriting worksheets so you can really get serious about practicing and improving your writing.
13. Start a journal, which will give you built-in writing practice each day.
14. Easily remove mistakes from paper with a sturdy Pentel Ain eraser, which works with light pressure and doesn’t leave any gross eraser markings or dust.
15. Add Improve Your Handwriting to your toolkit, a book to assist you in defining your unique writing style.
16. Switch over to a wire notebook with spirals on its right side, designed to help lefties avoid breaking their flow while writing.
17. If you already have good handwriting you simply want to make more amazing, invest in a quality Sheaffer calligraphy kit for some new handwriting inspiration.
18. And once your set arrives, be sure to check out some calligraphy videos.
19. Remember you have to practice and practice some more if you are serious about making big changes to your writing.
20. However, if your handwriting still looks the same after your most dedicated efforts, just say EFF it and own your AWESOME chicken scratch.
So go ahead and WRITE ON.
