The Quiet Quotient

Plotting Is A Scam

Plotting Is a Scam
Not storytelling. Not structure. Plotting. The rigid, over-engineered “three-act arc” every writing book tries to sell you. It’s storytelling with a GPS, sounds useful, until it takes you straight into traffic and kills the magic.
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The Draft Is Lying To You

The first draft is a liar.
It tells you you’re a genius, until you read it back and realize you wrote 800 words of incoherent sludge. Or worse, it tells you that your idea is trash, when in reality, it just needs time to grow teeth.Connect with me:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-hansen-b67412169/
 

The Printer Hates Her (A Writer's Perspective)

Writers, as a group, tend to be paranoid. Jenna once spent a full afternoon convinced a barista was judging her laptop stickers. (“'Plotter not Pantser, a little desperate, don’t you think?” she imagined the espresso machine sneering.) But the printer wasn’t judging. The printer was plotting.

The Sandwich or the Sentence? (A Writer's Perspective)

Writers are strange like that. They build rituals out of absolutely nothing, specific mugs, specific chairs, the exact right kind of silence, which sounds a lot like regular silence except it involves no leaf blowers, no dogs, and definitely no self-doubt whispering in a French accent.Connect with me:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-hansen-b67412169/

The Sound of Silence in a Loud World

We live in a loud world. Everyone’s talking. Posting. Pitching. Building their brand. Optimizing for engagement. Silence? That’s often mistaken for irrelevance. For losing.
But silence, when intentional, is actually a power move.Connect with me:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-hansen-b67412169/
 

Tomorrow is Too Late Take Action Today With Content Strategy

The biggest mistake brands, creators, and businesses make? Thinking they have time. You don’t. The content landscape moves at breakneck speed, what worked last month is stale today. If you’re still waiting for the perfect moment to adjust your content strategy, you’re already losing.Connect with me:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-hansen-b67412169/

Curation, Creation, and the Comeback of Craft

Almost overnight, the craft of writing vanished. Poof. One minute you’re sweating over the perfect sentence, the next, some AI cranks out a thousand words while you’re still trying to remember if it’s "affect" or "effect." Tech didn’t  help writers, it replaced them, or tried to. This wasn’t evolution. It was a hostile takeover.Connect with me:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-hansen-b67412169/

Comma, Pause, Breathe

A slow take on punctuation, rhythm, and the music of a good sentence.
The comma is more powerful than you think.Connect with me:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-hansen-b67412169/
 

AI Didn’t Kill Writing. Mediocrity Did.

The bots didn’t ask us to churn out SEO Franken-content stitched together with clichés and keyword stuffing. We did that. We turned writing into a factory line of so-so. Now we’re mad that machines are better at being average? Please.Connect with me:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-hansen-b67412169/

Writing Won’t Make You Rich, But It Might Make You Powerful.

Writing as a profession is tough. It's crowded, underpaid, and increasingly commoditized. The top 1% of writers, those who’ve built platforms, brands, or niche expertise, can do well. But for most? It’s a grind with little financial upside.Connect with me:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-hansen-b67412169/