The difficulty is that there is no calligraphy environment.
from Wang Xizhi to Huang Ziyuan's time, all documents were written by hand. In the era of Qi Gong and Sha Menghai, although there were more writing tools, pencils and pens gradually replaced writing brushes, and type gradually replaced woodcut and hand-writing, there were still many people writing with writing brushes. Today, apart from calligraphers, how many people still write with brushes?
Today, writing brush strokes, or calligraphy, is an art study, not a necessity for writing, which is why people find it difficult to get started with calligraphy.
from the beginning of literacy, the ancients wrote with a brush, stressing rules with strokes. Start with the hard and fast rules of the imperial examination, and write the words neatly. When the exam is over, throw away the stepping stone and express your feelings.
Nowadays, phototypesetting printing is very developed, and there are countless books and atlases of calligraphy in past dynasties. This makes it difficult to choose! The ancients didn't have this condition. Often, a few broken copybooks were written all their lives, and it was rare to borrow this good thing. It must be an eye-catching handwriting, but it was deeper.
Nowadays, when learning calligraphy, everyone has a purpose. Children take exams and take part in competitions, while adults take part in exhibitions and sell calligraphy. How much spirit is involved in kung fu outside calligraphy.
There are three tips to solve this problem:
1. Give up the utilitarian purpose of learning calligraphy and write well!
2. Stay away from the computer keyboard and try to write by hand. If you really have nothing to write, just copy the vertical traditional book. I don't know how Su Dongpo posted the manuscript, but I know that he copied Hanshu several times. This is not necessarily practicing calligraphy, but it is definitely helpful for practicing calligraphy. Find your own problems in the process of writing, and then improve them.
3. Writing is a lifetime thing. I quite agree with Mr. Fan Ceng's remark that at the age of eight, you can be a Mozart musician, but you can never be a painter. Haste makes waste, so calm down. Maybe at the age of 8, you still find calligraphy difficult. At that time, you may already be a leader in the book world!