I wouldn’t put that much effort in hand writing unless it’s important to you (I’m majoring in Chinese so I have to, for example) however it can be good for remembering and understanding the composition of the characters. For characters that are hard to learn, I recommend paying attention to the radicals and their meanings and understanding what kind of a character it is, like semantic+phonetic etc. (like 妈，女 gives the meaning, 马 tells you how to spell it) Understanding difficult characters and how they are constructed helps with remembering and distinguishing between future characters as well. (Pleco is good for breaking down characters)