Hello, /adv/. Ever since I was young, I held my pencil incorrectly. No teachers ever corrected me - thanks public education - and now I'm nearly thirty years old. My penmanship is awful and everything I write looks like a five year old wrote it.
I need to learn how to write better. How do I do this? I mean, I've read guides online and they all show how to hold a pencil correctly, but I'm fighting 20+ years of muscle memory. Trying to hold a pencil correctly feels wrong, and no matter how many times I practice, I keep reverting to what I'm used to.
Holding the pencil correctly doesn't magically make me write better, either. So I'm not seeing any improvement. I know repetition is key and I just need to keep at it, but at this point, is completely changing my writing style possible?
Writing comes with habit. So if you make it a habit to write a different way your writing will change altogether with time. Yes of course repetition is key.
Is there anything you need to write that actually requires good calligraphy/handwriting? Seems like it's a dying art form.
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A few years back my father died. Everyone signed a display that had his portrait on it and left a message. It was kind of embarrassing. It's the thought that counts at that sort of thing, but I know people judged the hell out of me.
I hold my pencil strange as well.
I have a hitchiker thumb, and use all four fingers on the pencil, guiding with the thumb.
Teachers would yell at me all the time, and ask if I was left handed. I still chicken scratch my way through life, nbd
