Btw: Check out calligraphy books from the library and xerox the examples. Then, don't be above to trace over the letterforms. This is probably the fastest method of picking up a hand more correctly without having to take instruction. This is how I picked up Blackletter and Copperplate.

If you need books, I'll be glad to send whatever duplicates I have to you, just say the word (that would be 'please').