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[Something Evil]

Writing the letters is not a conscious act. It's reflex. That's why it's taught at 5-8 when language skills are still developing fast. It's an instantaneous association between the sound and the written part. With phonetical languages it's easier to pick up afterwords. Germanic ones, a bit trickier.

My suggestion: hammer it in by repetition. Get the grasp of the letters' shape first, then start writing words. Copy newspaper articles or paragraphs from books.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Just that, when I attempt to write something other than an I or and L it ends up as.. nothing

[Something Evil]

Like I said, repetition.

Start slow at first; try to draw the letter, not write it. Take as many strokes as needed to get comfortable. Then try to reduce the number of strokes.

[Taco Dan]

Hey I still write lower case 'f's with tails. They end up looking like r.

[ein]

If you can do i, you can do so many other letters.
I is constructed of what's called a minim, or a short downstroke.
Also constructed of these short downstrokes are the letters n and m, and, to a lesser extent, u and w.

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Every letter can be broken down into these single strokes.
Also, as childish as they seem, get a kindergarten workbook with extra big double lines, sans serif font, and easy to follow guides on your strokes, and it will be immensely helpful.

[Aqizzar]

I can attest to the repetition thing.  Part of detention at my school was having to transcribe (often repeatedly) a long bullshit letter about behavior and whatnot.  After rewriting it over and over, my absolutely atrocious handwriting got smaller, neater, and a lot faster.  It's deteriorated a bit since then, but mostly because I've spent the last five years transcribing lectures at the speed of thought.  It's still much more legible though.

[Something Evil]

@ ein:
*applauds*

True dat. Forgot those books exist. Dumb me.
Also, paper with ruled lines, if you're up for it.

[Keita]

My hand writing stopped getting better at about year 8 where it just stuck like an annoying, lazy bugger who refused to lift a finger to improve.

I remember I got so sick of it that I wrote out a whole book twice (one from the Black Magician tiliogy if you're wondering) and after that, STILL NOTHING!

I guessed I'm doomed to have handwriting that looks like a spider grabbed a pen.

[Taricus]

I'm sad because the RP thread hasn't been updated.

And continuing the handwriting discussion, Why don't you get yumi to help you?

[The Merchant Of Menace]

She was, but work and stuff.
And go post in the RP thread then!!!!

[Aqizzar]

I'm eating a Swiss Miss pudding cup, and I can't decide if it's actually good or if it spoiled somehow.  It tastes alright, but it's kinda clumpy.

The sad part is, I'm too much of a sugar-hungry slob to cut my potential losses and stop eating it.

Update: My pride at showing some truly Herculean willpower overcame my burning need to never leave a snackfood uneaten.  Of course, I already ate most it, so the damage is done and the entire scenario was a waste by any measure.

[Rose]

I'm sad because the RP thread has gone places leaving me totally lost.

[The Merchant Of Menace]

Hehe. Make something up.

[Taricus]

Summary of current status:

Star eating Shape-shifters coming to kill us all but will be stopped by plot with undertones of dwarven gambling, brawling, and the evacuation ship launching prematurely.

[Rose]

can't make something up if you have no clue what's going on.