If you are not liking ovals, you might find a different approach more appropriate for your style of learning. As a teacher, I noticed that some students were inclined to practice the same basic strokes over and over before they started putting them together into letters and words. For some students, this worked out just fine.
Other students did much better when their *drills* were groups of 2, 3, or 4 letters. When you put things together, you learn letter spacing and you can also learn word spacing by putting the right amount of space between letter groups.
mum min mom nom tin ton tun nut mint lint practice rows of those kinds of groups - and see if you see some improvement in your ovals and basic strokes. i can't guarantee it will help, but it might be worth a try.
one of my students who had been focused on single letters, but not making much progress agreed to switch to drills of letter groups. when she arrived at the next class, she had improved quite a bit and was encouraged. she also shared an observation that her husband had made. he had been a musician in the Chicago Symphony - he said, "All those pages of just strokes, or one letter at a time was like spending all your time on scales and never playing actual music." I really appreciated that comment and have been sharing it with students who were hesitant to start words before they had perfected the first 26 letters.