Handwritten write-on effect not showing

Hi,

I am trying to edit my title with a handwritten write-on effect and track matte key effect. I'm not sure what I'm doing incorrectly as neither the text or the write on effect will appear (only the background image and a small dot paint brush towards the side of the screen). The weird thing is that if I move both the text track and adjustment layer up a few frames to where they initially overlap a different still image background, the handwriting appears ( a few keyframes into the handwriting but the rest of the text is handwritten as it should). I am hoping that someone could tell me why this effect is only working when I move the effect up and won't work when I put it where I want the effect to begin.

I have difficulty explaining this problem but thanks for any help you can offer here and I'm glad to provide more information.

Cheers,

Brian