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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 417866" data-attributes="member: 23">I can feel myself sliding on this one. The other day I stumbled upon some diaries I&#039;d written three decades ago and my handwriting was so much neater. It looked a little more childlike and less&nbsp; characterful than my current, untamed writing,&nbsp; but it was neat and legible and consistent.Recently, an acquaintance who is a retired teacher noticed me write something with my left hand and commented that she&#039;d taught her left-handed pupils to angle the paper at 45º (elevated on the left) and write downwards.In the last couple of days I&#039;ve been trying some of <a href="https://magiclinkhandwriting.com/how-to-help-left-handers-write-neatly/" target="_blank">these tips</a> (except the triangular pen. I&#039;d be up for giving it a go but I&#039;m not in a hurry as I&#039;ve used one before and found it uncomfortable).It seems I&#039;ve been doing my &quot;d&quot;s and &quot;o&quot;s correctly, but I&#039;ve always crossed my &quot;t&quot;s from right to left. It feels fine to do left to right, but remembering to do it is the biggest challenge.The most difficult thing for me is the &quot;frogs legs&quot; hand grip, which just doesn&#039;t feel at all natural after many decades of resting the pen between my index and middle fingers whilst crossing my thumb straight across.The muscle memory is quite ingrained at this point, so I don&#039;t know if this old dog can be taught new tricks. So far my handwriting isn&#039;t going to wow anyone, but I did need to write a card today and it turned out legible and smudge-free when I incorporated some of this method, so I&#039;ll persevere and see if it takes.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 417866, member: 23"] I can feel myself sliding on this one. The other day I stumbled upon some diaries I'd written three decades ago and my handwriting was so much neater. It looked a little more childlike and less characterful than my current, untamed writing, but it was neat and legible and consistent. Recently, an acquaintance who is a retired teacher noticed me write something with my left hand and commented that she'd taught her left-handed pupils to angle the paper at 45º (elevated on the left) and write downwards. In the last couple of days I've been trying some of [URL='https://magiclinkhandwriting.com/how-to-help-left-handers-write-neatly/']these tips[/URL] (except the triangular pen. I'd be up for giving it a go but I'm not in a hurry as I've used one before and found it uncomfortable). It seems I've been doing my "d"s and "o"s correctly, but I've always crossed my "t"s from right to left. It feels fine to do left to right, but [U][I]remembering[/I][/U] to do it is the biggest challenge. The most difficult thing for me is the "frogs legs" hand grip, which just doesn't feel at all natural after many decades of resting the pen between my index and middle fingers whilst crossing my thumb straight across. The muscle memory is quite ingrained at this point, so I don't know if this old dog can be taught new tricks. So far my handwriting isn't going to wow anyone, but I did need to write a card today and it turned out legible and smudge-free when I incorporated some of this method, so I'll persevere and see if it takes. [/QUOTE]

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