Find a model alphabet. Before you can write cursive letters, you have to know what they look like. Search for “letter guides” that show the shapes and the order of strokes.

The Art of Cursive offers children and adults a new way to learn to write. ... instead of marching through the 26 letters of the alphabet in order.

The delicately formed cursive letters of the America’s Declaration of Independence helped form a nation. But that sense of elegance is seldom seen in daily handwriting.