Learn the technique of cutting the pen. First, when swiping the pen, the force should be sudden and rapid, so that the tip of the brush lightly rubs the paper surface, just like a meteor streaking across. The cutting point is like a dagger, sharp and sharp. Then slowly press the pen tip to make the lines evenly thicker and fatter. The cutting pen is one of the starting strokes for calligraphy. Using the cutting pen can achieve the "sharpened" stroke effect in soft-pen calligraphy, making the strokes richer in detail and more energetic.
The "cutting" in the pen-cutting technique is the most critical, requiring the writer's decisiveness and dexterity, and then there is the "twisting", which is an advanced level of brushwork because it needs to be "twisted" from two latitudes. "This means that while writing horizontally, the wrist must also rotate up and down, which is indeed difficult to do.
When beginners learn the pen-cutting technique, they only need to remember to tilt the pen barrel in the opposite direction to the direction of the stroke, tilt it to the left when writing horizontal strokes, tilt upward when writing vertical strokes, and tilt it upward when writing other strokes such as hooks or skimmings. Tilt in the opposite direction. As long as you remember this technique, you will write better and better in the future.