Download PDF Improve Your Handwriting by Rosemary Sassoon and G SE Briem

Sinopsis

Some people seem to think that handwriting is redundant and not worth teaching any more. This is not true. It is still an important, if not vital, skill worldwide.

Even in countries where computers are in constant use, both in schools and the home, they cannot do everything. It will be many years before they will be generally approved for use in examinations. Then, what about note-taking? Today most of us need a fl exible way of writing – fast, almost a scribble for ourselves alone to read, and progressively slower and more legible for other purposes. The less attention given to teaching handwriting, the worse the situation will become.

What about you? How do you feel when you look at your own script, and perhaps compare it to other people ’ s? If anyone is criticizing your handwriting, there is no way of hiding it. It is not a happy situation to be made to feel inadequate. You may only imagine that something is wrong or think that others see your script as immature. It has the same effect. You get all tensed up, and that only makes matters worse.

Then there are times when a typed letter is inappropriate and you want something more personal. You want something special. We all know the feeling when an envelope arrives and you recognize the hand of a much-loved friend or relative. There are so many reasons for keeping up handwriting and acquiring a satisfactory personal script. What is more, unfair though it is, we are often judged by the appearance of our handwriting by the outside world. Just addressing that envelope may be revealing.

Writing by hand can make a difference to what you write as well. It is interesting to learn that the more creative writers and poets are, the more likely they are to prefer writing by hand. It is that feeling of straight from the mind to the paper via the hand.

Content

1. Handwriting problems
2. Self-diagnosis
3. More about self-diagnosis
4. Practical matters
5. Help for left-handers
6. More serious problems
7. How to put things right
8. Regaining control
9. Rhythm and texture
10. A training model
11. Joining up
12. Personal modifi cations
13. Capital letters
14. Before and after
15. Finishing touches
16. Layout
17. A more formal model

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