Moving the shoulder will probably feel akward for a good while.
Assuming you are right handed, moving the pen diagonally away from you to the right is usually a comfortable angle to start with.
Besides that, plan you marks carefully with the ghosting method and when you are ready, commit to the page with confidence. Don't worry about the end point for now.
Would you mind sharing a page of those lines that you consider confident yet inaccurate?
Yeah, see the thrid image of this imgur post; https://imgur.com/a/O2PcAVK
In that page there are some confident lines but many more wobbly ones.
Now, without redoing the pages already done, I'd like you to try this:
pick your fineliner and a piece of paper and draw 50 lines from the wrist, then block the wrist and draw 50 lines from the elbow, then block the elbow and draw 50 lines from the shoulder. Focus on the joints, try to feel the difference in the movements.
Done this, on a new paper, try to ghost lines for 5 minutes, from a comfortable angle, without committing any mark to the page. See if you are moving the arm from the shoulder on a straight line. Focus on the preparing phase and see if there are any differences compared to how you approached the task before.
Replace fineliner with biro and I'll see what I can't do.
Like the Staedtlers, these also come in a set of multiple weights - the ones we use are F. One useful thing in these sets however (if you can't find the pens individually) is that some of the sets come with a brush pen (the B size). These can be helpful in filling out big black areas.
Still, I'd recommend buying these in person if you can, at a proper art supply store. They'll generally let you buy them individually, and also test them out beforehand to weed out any duds.
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