"I am constantly watching left-handed people write all weird and how they curl their arm," the younger Vance said.
That's because their teachers were bozos. Here's the solution: Ok, lay your paper down as if you were going to begin writing. Notice it's turned the way right handed teachers taught you with the top slanted towards the left. Simply turn the paper so that the top is slanted toward the right (looking at a clock, this will be at 1 or 2 o'clock). Viola, now you don't have to twist your wrist around trying to write upside down!
I'm a lefty and I have VERY good penmanship: my parents got me a chalkboard at home (after taking the teacher to task for trying to switch the pencil from my left to my right) and I practiced NOT erasing my own letters. As a result, I do not curve my hand at the usual "hooked" angle, either, but apparently I do lift the outside edge of my writing hand when I write.
I think lefties ARE more creative because we have to automatically figure out alternative solutions to everyday problems. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it, LOL!