Choose your weapon carefully: You have a lot of choices here, from NO.2 Pencils to Fountain Pens. Regardless of what you choose Writing by hand shouldn’t be like a game of Mercy with your writing equipment, so look for one that’s comfortable to hold, and where the ink (or lead) flows smoothly without your having to push too hard on the paper.
Also, try pens with different sized nibs or balls to find a line thickness that pleases you, and experiment with different colors. But take care, it doesn’t matter how beautiful your script, it will still look horrendous if rendered in a bilious green ink.
Finally, if you’re a leftie, you can buy specially designed left-hand pens.
Get a grip: Your grip should be light yet supportive, and there should be no undue tension in your hand position. Don't squeeze. Your pen is not a toothpaste tube, and the ink will flow of its own accord.
It doesn’t really matter which fingers you use to hold the pen, as long as it feels comfortable and balanced. But it’s best for the top (the non-business end) to rest on or just in front of the base knuckle of your index finger, rather than in the gully formed between index finger and thumb.
Put your back into it: You need to sit up straight yet relaxed, with your non-writing fingers gently curled under your hand, and your hand position resting lightly on the table. Clear some space, because you need room to move your arm when writing properly. You can’t produce elegant, free-flowing script if you’re hunched up over the only corner of your desk not littered with empty coffee cups, half-eaten sandwiches, and rogue power cables.
The arm guides all: Finally, once you have a comfortable writing position, don’t screw it up by altering your alignment. When it becomes awkward to move your hand position down the page to write the next line, try moving the paper up instead of your hand down. Unleashing a typewriter bing is optional
In other words, your shoulder and forearm move as you write, but your wrist and fingers don’t. This helps you write in a more fluid, efficient style. It takes practice, and feels weird at first, but these muscle groups don’t get tired as quickly as your wrist and fingers.
Swap your air guitar for an air pen: To practice using your shoulder muscles to write, hold your arm in front of you, elbow bent, and write big letters in the air. Concentrate on moving from the shoulder and holding your forearm, wrist, and fingers steady. Muscles from your shoulder, arm, chest, and back should be working. These are the muscle groups you want to use when writing with pen and paper.
Once you are comfortable doing this, which mostly means coming to terms with how ridiculous you look, try making smaller and smaller air letters.
Bust out some shapes: Once you’re confident with the muscle groups needed to write in thin air, it’s time to fire it up to 11 and break out the pen and paper. This article suggests you start out writing large X’s, /’s, O’s, swirls, and loops. Really concentrate on moving from the shoulder, holding your wrist steady, and using your fingers just as a guide. Focus on producing nice, smooth shapes, and use lined paper to help with consistent size and spacing.
Probably best not to hold your pen with this hand position.
As you get better, make your shapes smaller and smaller. Begin introducing letters again, start out big and bold, and gradually get smaller. When you’re ready to go crazy, bust out some words, sentences, and even whole paragraphs.
Practice whenever you can: Take every opportunity to write longhand instead of on a keyboard. If you’re a writer, or need to write a report or proposal, consider doing your first draft using pen and paper. You can polish and edit as you type it up.
Write out old-skool to-do lists rather than using a computer program. Start maintaining a journal. If you’re stuck in a boring meeting, presentation, or lecture, practice your handwriting strokes instead of doodling whirlwinds and boxes.