Hello!

I'm fifteen and I only speak english and some basic german. I'm interested in learning russian because I'm very much interested in russian history and literature.

For anyone who taught themselves, or at least learned russian after english, how did you teach yourself the alphabet? When I look at the letters that look similar to english letters I keep expecting them to sound similar. How do I break myself of this? Also, I'm not quite sure how to write the letters. In english and german, I'm able to write quickly because there's a certain way most people write the letters-- and I'm not quite sure how one writes the russian alphabet once you get into letters such as д or ж.

Thanks for the advice