First of all, learn how to hold a pen well. If you hold the pen incorrectly, you will inevitably move it incorrectly. Then practice strokes, which are the composition of words.
Then practice the word "Yong", because the word "Yong" contains most strokes of Chinese characters, which is the transition from strokes to characters, and begins to learn the structure and layout of characters.
Then you can start copying, not just the gourd, but also know why. We should further study the composition of a whole calligraphy work and other knowledge related to calligraphy.
After copying for half a year, you can have some personal creations on the basis of copying. But copying is something that runs through calligraphy creation, not just a beginner's patent. Plagiarism is one of the important ways to learn the advantages of others.