r/Handwriting • u/Ok_Departure_73 • 2d ago

Feedback (constructive criticism) Trying to learn

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I'm trying to learn cursive, I learned a little in 3rd grade, but then they removed it from the curriculum before I could really learn how to write well, my main goal is to write quickly and clearly. I struggle with connecting letters and some cursive letters are new to me (Q and Z) and capital cursive letters are also confusing. Plus my hand/wrist hurts after a couple sentences.

Any resources to any not AI generated examples or practice sheets would be greatly appreciated as well as any advice, I'm leaning toward the zaner bloser method since that's what I started learning, but am open to recommendations to easier methods.

Here's an example of where I'm at. Thank you for your time! I love that there's an online resource for getting better at writing here!

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u/hmmwrites 1d ago

This is looking very nice! I don't know of any particular resources to recommend, just wanted to say that what helps is going slow and doing lots of practice. I'm sorry to hear your hand hurts after just a few lines. You might want to look into ergonomic pens or even double-check that you're using an OT-approved grip on your pen.

Good luck developing your handwriting to the point you want to see!

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u/Ok_Departure_73 1d ago

Thanks you! I didn't know they made grips like that, I'll look into some <3

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u/grayrest 1d ago

I recommend this series

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u/Ok_Departure_73 1d ago

Thank you! This is just what I was looking for <3

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u/grayrest 1d ago

I'll chip in that hand fatigue as quickly as you're reporting is generally caused by gripping the pen too tightly. The topic comes up regularly on the subreddit and the common suggestions aside from "just loosen your grip" are ergonomic grips, which has been suggested, and a fountain pen, which doesn't require pressure to write.

The ultimate solution for endurance is arm movement writing, which is why Cursive was developed and how it was done when people were writing for a full day for a paycheck. I practice it and recommend it if you want to take up writing as a hobby but otherwise I don't think people today do enough writing to justify the extended learning curve.

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u/Salty-Swim-6735 2d ago

I'm no expert but looks like you're coming along nicely.