No, but learning the stroke order rules could consolidate your learning.

I am afraid it is not , for the Chinese chracters , We have the specific rules of write of them , for example the world "把",you have to write the" -" first ,u can come to this website , and saw , how we write this word!http://www.baidu.com/s?wd=%B1%CA%BB%AD%CB%B3%D0%F2%B2%E9%D1%AF&rsp=5&oq=%B0%D1%B5%C4%B1%CA%BB%AD%B2%E9%D1%AF&f=1&tn=sogouie_dg&rsv_ers=xn1&rs_src=0

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http://stroke-order.learningweb.moe.edu.tw/character.do 中華民國教育部 常用國字標準字體筆順學習網 (正體字)