When I write on a cake it doesnt come out right its either crooked are my letters are to close together I have no talent when it comes to writing on cakes does anyone have any suggestions or is their another way I can get my message across besides making my cakes look messy.
Theresa 
I hear ya! I am very bad at writing too so I try to give myself a little insurance. If you look at my pics you will see that a lot of my cakes have a bigger board and this is where I put my message. That way if I mess up I can wipe it off and start again.
Practice does make a difference though and I do see my writing is getting better. Not much but every little bit helps.
I've gotten better at writing and I have attributed this to 3 things---
1) I've started writing in thinned royal icing. You don't get the jagged letters or the skips in the icing. Very flowly and shiney letters.
2) I decide in what area I'm going to write something and I start from the middle. In case that didn't make sense---I take the word I'm writing find my middle point on the cake, find my middle letter and make that letter. Then I spell out the last half of the word and then go back and spell out the first half backwards. Does that make any sense?? It sure solves the problem of running out of room or having too much room somewhere!
3) Don't think you have to write in the typical "cake cursive". Write however you feel comfortable. Usually for me it's printing.
And as always, practice practic practice!!
I discovered using a larger tip helped me. I still try to avoid it though since it's better but still not very good 
I use the wilton letter cutters and cut the message out of fondant or candy clay. If you're using a crusting BC, you can even slide them around if you need too then just push them down into the icing.
Using a gel transfer for lettering style and word placement is my new trick for nice looking print.
Print out your message on a computer using the font and size you want. When printing out, choose the reverse image so it comes out backwards. Put wax paper over top and pipe letters in gel. Let dry (works okay wet but better dry) then smooth gently over your crusted cake. You should now have an outline to follow.
Hey, just jumpin' in! 
My writing isn't very good, either, so I bought the Wilton Make-Any-Message Letterpress Set at Walmart. Mine are capital letters & punctuation that you place in mirror-image order into the holder & then press (lightly) into icing. After that, just follow the lines!!! Very easy!!! I've also seen the Make-Any-Message in a really pretty script (cursive), too. Hope this helps!
Those are the ones I have. In fact I have both sets -- block letters and script. Hobby Lobby in our area had a 50% off sale on all Wilton products so I got both for the price of one. I almost ordered them online. Boy, am I glad I waited. They were $7.99 each.
Great deal, gilson6, Walmart's were more expensive when I bought mine!
Another option is to print your your message in whatever font and size you like. Lay the paper on a piece of foam and a piece of wax paper on top of that..take a pin and poke holes, outling the text. It will leave little bumps on the back of the wax paper....lay the wax paper on your cake (after the icing has crusted) and gently rub your hand over the wax paper. The little pin holes will leave an impression in your icing. Then, with thin consistency icing, just pipe the letters over the impression! Hope I explained that ok!!
MrsMissy,
That's great advice! I also have the Wilton create-a-message things but sometimes I just want a different font! I'll definitely try that!
Sammy
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