This is really off the wall, but do y'all realize that cursive is just writing fast? Start with the capital letter then try to print a word very fast, like you had something better to do than just being somebody else's scribe. Think about the A and how it reduces to a. Perfectly normal if you are a scribe. You start with the northwest-to-southeast downstroke, back upwards to make the crosspiece, then instead of going up to the top, you just go down to the southwestern left and sweep across to start the next letter. You get a perfect "a". Then think about how you want to write Д very fast - a circle from upper right and then a tail dropping from the southeastern left (in Old Russian the right-hand downstroke below the line was lower than the left-hand one so you get a "g" not our English printed one but a circle with a j-stroke off the right side, then a sweep up to the right to the next letter.

Print Д like a triangle and everybody'll think you're Greek. Russian has a little downstroke on the leading vertical. Smth like this: / \ ¬.

Search this site for Didaktika font and you will get a lead on the standard handwriting pattern taught in schools. There's a free font out there.

I write cursive and many of my letters don't connect to the next. I dot my "i" as I move on to the next letter, not after I have completed the word. There are many different ways to write, and cursive can save you a lot of time and energy.