How to write CHINESE characters beautifully? First of all, you need to hold a pen in a correct and comfortable way. Picture1, put the pen between your index finger and middle finger? No no hand will soon feel tried and it's hard to write beautifully. Picture 2. Holding the pen too close to the penpoint. It's easy to dirty your finger and then dirty your paper. No no no. Picture 3 is my own way and piture 4 is the most standard way to hold a pen. The important thing is you can imagine to write characters with holding a chicken egg in your hand.