If you register, you can print out some of their lined paper from your printer, with words to copy of your choice - for free.
Good tip! We did get the books, but didn't shell out for the pricey paper. Any tips for getting my kid to leave a space in between words?
Jen21 - my kiddo was the same with his writing, getting frustrated when things didn't look how he wanted. He refused to take any advice or instruction from us parents before school. We left it to the teacher at kindergarten to teach writing. DS7 is still pretty bad at handwriting, but he's getting better. You can now recognize letters! (Though all the words squished together makes reading it a bit tricky.)
So, not really advice other than saying that sometimes with perfectionists, letting a teacher handle some situations (like handwriting, which is normally taught in kindergarten anyway), worked for us. Also HWT did help too. Mostly I think DS7 just needed to be developmentally ready for handwriting. And he needs lots of practice.