I struggled with this through highschool. Pencil and gel pens were the worst. I never learned to write with my paper tilted like some lefties. I write just like a mirror image of a right hander, which lead to a lot of smudging and having to rewrite papers etc

This change my sophomore year in English class when my teacher told me a trick! Place a sticky note on the side of your hand that rests on the paper. No more smudging!