Lyric has sent me an actual handwritten letter that made me smile and I am really proud of her -- already --
She has a very discerning eye - and that's helpful. Actually it is essential.
I also had her send me some practice page images so I could help her find a method to revise her current penmanship.
To be honest -- it was not a quick and easy fix. However, she stuck with it and she 100% validated everything that I have learned from teaching for 25+ years.
There is NO SINGLE METHOD that works for everyone.
It rankles me when people design a new method, or they push one of the old traditional methods - and insist that *This one works.*
Well, yes, it worked for them. But that does not mean it will work for everyone.
You need to have the perseverance of Lyric to actually get over the hump.
You need some kind of crazy determination to push yourself even when it's not looking like you are making any progress.
For the seekers -- PLEASE do not assume that you are going to find one method that will work for you. I lost count of how many different methods Lyrica nd I tried before she finally got over the hump. But, it was a lot.
Here comes the part that I have written numerous times before - but it is essential for people to understand.
If you want to improve your penmanship - you have to unlearn all your bad habits - and if you have been building those bad habits for several decades - it's not going to be easy to unlearn them. This is why each person has a very personal path. They have to analyze what the quirks are and figure out how to morph them into something more pleasing to their eye. This is the essential part of the process that is missing from every single method that teaches penmanship. They all assume they are starting with a blank slate. The only blank slates are people who have never had a single lesson in cursive. If you learned cursive - you have a very strong imprint that you have to deal with.
Lyric is one of my rock star students.
And I am not just saying that.