: My pen jams up every minute or so whenever I write, what could cause this? I've been having an issue for the past few months where I'm writing along merrily and then my pen stops up and

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Sometimes there are air bubbles in ink (at least I have found). When my pens stop (and as strange as this sounds) I shake them up and down hard, tap them gently (lid on or clicked in, pen downwards), or do some sort of fast swinging motion with it. Usually, after a minute or less, my pens start working again.

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Also, "expensive" paper may not be the best paper to match your pen. You say you've tried with different paper but does the paper have different properties? For example, I like fountain pens. A paper that is very good for fountain pens tends to have a bit of a coating to slow down the rate that the ink gets absorbed into the paper. If you try using a ballpoint on that kind of paper, it may not write well because ballpoints want the paper to absorb the ink faster. So you may want to do a bit of research into the paper.

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I would also suggest having cheap paper handy to scribble on while getting the ink flowing again. That would aid with the problem of getting your margins messy but not with the problem of wasting time. You might also want cheap paper to use to rest your hand on to protect the writing paper from skin oils instead of using a sheet of yur good expensive paper.

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This may occur because of your palm's sebum. Try to put extra piece of paper under your hand so that your skin is not directly in contact with the paper you are writing on.

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