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Re:I started a paper website business by sombremesa on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:10PM (#29555031)
I disagree on the suggested method, but I agree that handwriting can be improved. Someone who writes in prescription cursive isn't going to get better with a new pen and different paper. It takes deliberate practice and attention to detail.

This is why "a poor craftsman blames his tools" is an adage.

Re:I started a paper website business by mprovost on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @01:57PM (#29555759)
I have terrible handwriting and have had the idea in the past to try and relearn with a new style. Like maybe the way they teach French children in school! But when I looked online for a book on how to learn handwriting as an adult they were all for veterans who had lost their dominant hand and that was incredibly depressing. Anyone have a good resource?
Re:I started a paper website business by sombremesa on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @03:26PM (#29557088)
Just copy writing you think is good, and keep a daily journal where you write exclusively in that style. It'll be slow going at first, but it works. Takes about a year before it's totally natural.
Re:I started a paper website business by oldsecondhand on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @05:20AM (#29564015)
My handwriting is much cleaner with a fountain pen than a ballpoint pen. Tools matter. It doesn't have to be an expensive fountain pen or paper, a cheap Faber Castell on printer paper works fine.
Re:I started a paper website business by sombremesa on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @11:23AM (#29568056)
Of course your voice is going to sound much better on a condenser mic than on a $1 mic from RadioShack, but that doesn’t mean your voice changed. We’re talking about improving handwriting, if you write someone a note illegibly your excuse should not be that you forgot your good pen at home.