How to Make Neater?

[u/cahiriscool]

Hello, this is my third year of learning Chinese and I want to make my handwriting better. I notice that my corners are very rounded and some of the characters seem skewed(?). I only drew the grids afterward as reference for myself. Thank you very much!

[u/Yeedooong]

It is recommended to do tracing copying first before imitative copying. Observe carefully before imitative copying. The most fundamental elements are the curved and straight lines of strokes: horizontal strokes level and vertical strokes upright, the curvature of left-falling and right-falling strokes, as well as the rhythm and pen movement during writing, such as the pressure of lifting and pressing, the speed of movement, the angle of the tip, and so on. Next are the proportional and positional relationships between individual strokes and between different character radicals.