The Writing Life II

"The struggle itself ... is enough to fill a man's heart." --Camus


FREE SCREENWRITING TUTORIAL (click)
"Remarkable" (London Screenwriters Workshop)


Poetry and literary blogging now published at A WRITERLY RETIREMENT (hot link)


Friday, December 03, 2010

Employers Won't Hire The Jobless Because Of The 'Desperate Vibe'

Employers Won't Hire The Jobless Because Of The 'Desperate Vibe'
Posted by Charles Deemer at 11:33 AM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

ATTENTION!

  • A Challenge to Writers

Search This Blog


My screenwriting products


**NOW FREE: my 1997 ground-breaking hypertext tutorial: Screenwright: the craft of screenwriting ... Get the free Android app / alt download... Reviews

*Ebook, website, podcasting: Write Your First Screenplay

*Paperback: Practical Screenwriting



  • My signature scrapple recipe


From The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce


ACADEME, n. An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught.

ACADEMY, n. (from ACADEME) A modern school where football is taught.

The Deemer Interview

Watch on YouTube.

Charles Deemer teaches screenwriting at Portland State University. He is a playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and pioneer in hyperdrama. He was the editor of Oregon Literary Review and the artistic director of Small Screen Video.

"Having written almost daily for over 40 years, I can say that writing is not a job or a vocation or a profession--it is an existence. It is a way of being in the world."

About Charles Deemer.

Contact: cdeemer(at)yahoo(dot)com


Seven Plays

Seven Plays
Finalist, 2001 Oregon Book Award

Do you read to your children?


"Wall Street owns the country. It is no longer a government of the people, by the people and for the people, but a government of Wall Street, by Wall Street, and for Wall Street." Mary Ellen Lease, 1890

"All humanity's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room," - Blaise Pascal.

From The New Yorker

From <i>The New Yorker</i>


Sketch says, "Happiness is sunshine and a bone."

The playwright arrives (1986)

The playwright arrives (1986)

My Original Blog

  • The Writing Life (01/10/03 - 10/31/06)

Other Sites

  • Archive of my work
  • Bookstore
  • Charles Deemer
  • Chekhov hyperdrama
  • Screenwright
  • Sextant Books
  • Small Screen Video
  • Stories In Overdrive
  • Talkin' Aesop

Resources

  • Find any book
  • Find cheap textbooks
  • Oregon Literary Review
  • Project Gutenberg
  • Recommended screenwriting books
  • Spec Script Writing: an annotated example
  • The Storytelling Paradigm
  • Tips on writing the spec script (video)
  • Today in Literature

What me worry?

Blog Archive

  • ►  2022 (1)
    • ►  November (1)
  • ►  2013 (1974)
    • ►  October (40)
    • ►  September (366)
    • ►  August (226)
    • ►  July (160)
    • ►  June (202)
    • ►  May (200)
    • ►  April (190)
    • ►  March (200)
    • ►  February (141)
    • ►  January (249)
  • ►  2012 (2622)
    • ►  December (203)
    • ►  November (165)
    • ►  October (207)
    • ►  September (254)
    • ►  August (250)
    • ►  July (156)
    • ►  June (201)
    • ►  May (217)
    • ►  April (225)
    • ►  March (256)
    • ►  February (174)
    • ►  January (314)
  • ►  2011 (1990)
    • ►  December (279)
    • ►  November (251)
    • ►  October (206)
    • ►  September (132)
    • ►  August (158)
    • ►  July (142)
    • ►  June (97)
    • ►  May (79)
    • ►  April (75)
    • ►  March (176)
    • ►  February (172)
    • ►  January (223)
  • ▼  2010 (2417)
    • ▼  December (231)
      • The 10 most significant gadgets of 2010 - CNN.com
      • High School Science Battles To Be Cool
      • Science Fairs Struggle to Survive in Budget Crunch...
      • New Year's Eve 2010: Celebrations Around The World...
      • Happy New Year
      • Prevent a Hangover - Wired How-To Wiki
      • Duck liver pâté - Recipes, Food & Drink - The Inde...
      • New Year's Eve
      • 2010 is one for the e-books | OregonLive.com
      • Warner Bros Wins 2010 Film Market Share; Year’s Bo...
      • And that’s no jive | Jivin’ Johnny Etheredge celeb...
      • Steve Kelley | Washington football is reborn with ...
      • UConn's win streak ends at 90 in loss to Stanford ...
      • Recently attended: Hair, rock musical
      • My new epitaph
      • E-Books Outsell Paper Books On Barnes & Noble's On...
      • Top Scientific Breakthroughs of 2010 | Wired Scien...
      • Smashwords
      • Winter projects
      • Sketch and I to the copy center!
      • Quotation of the day
      • Daily Kos: The Wounded Knee Massacre: 120th Annive...
      • Best Plays Of 2010: Vote For The Most Amazing Play...
      • The 10 Worst Drinking Trends
      • Biggest Tech Fails This Decade: 12 Epic Product Flops
      • Daily Kos: Why Germans Think We're Insane.
      • Last minute
      • WGA Script Awards Disconnect With Oscars – Deadlin...
      • 180 from the public
      • Smashwords Founder Thinks 2011 Is Year For Indie A...
      • Cinema as history: Movies to treasure forever - Fe...
      • The evolving screenplay
      • A busy day of diversions
      • Having too much fun
      • Scrapple and oatmeal
      • Smashwords
      • 1000 words
      • Life imitates art
      • The rewards of teaching
      • Easing back into the grind
      • No title
      • Quotation of the day
      • Amazon.com Kindle Sales Are Said to Exceed Estimat...
      • Amazon says Kindle holding its own against tablets...
      • Learning from Finland - The Boston Globe
      • Doubting Sarah - War Room - Salon.com
      • Hollywood and the War Machine | CommonDreams.org
      • After a Wasted Year, Climate Change Must Once Agai...
      • Shakespeare's Globe may be rebuilt - News, Theatre...
      • Holiday relaxation
      • New DVD
      • High school memory
      • New Sunday ritual
      • Jimmy Rushing
      • Rendering video
      • Recent reading: The Phoenix Lights
      • Christmas
      • Daily Kos: The Best Christmas Movies?
      • Quotation of the day
      • Return to Facebook
      • Dec. 24, 1968: Christmas Eve Greetings From Lunar ...
      • Next week
      • Recent reading: The Grapes of Wrath
      • Sofia Coppola: Not just for girls - Interviews - S...
      • Cooking
      • I'm in trouble
      • Quotation of the day II
      • Daily Kos: The Selfish Rich Are Killing Retired Pe...
      • Art song video
      • Recent reading: Quantum
      • Quotation of the day
      • Obama's Got (Found) Game
      • Advertisements for myself: Kerouac's Scroll
      • Sarah Palin: Winner Of The 2010 Glenn Beck Misinfo...
      • Daily Kos: Is Obama smarter than us?
      • Andre Dubus on Kindle
      • Recent viewing: Cradle Will Rock
      • Quotation of the day
      • Martin Scorsese Speaks Out In Support Of Imprisone...
      • Recent reading: Seabiscuit
      • Wayland Baptist dominated women's basketball in th...
      • OSCAR: Critics Keep Friending ‘The Social Network’...
      • No. 89: UConn tops UCLA, beats Florida St 93-62 - ...
      • 8-Year-Olds Publish Scientific Bee Study | Wired S...
      • Recent reading: Bloody Treason
      • Oregon football: Chip Kelly is named Associated Pr...
      • Sundance-Bound Iranian Filmmakers Feel Chill Of Ja...
      • Acidifying Oceans Could Upset Life’s Nitrogen Cycl...
      • No title
      • Why celebrity memoirs rule publishing | Books | Th...
      • London Critics Circle Announces Nominees – Deadlin...
      • Girl Chimpanzees May Use Sticks as Dolls | Wired S...
      • FCC Net Neutrality Rules Slammed from All Sides | ...
      • Echinacea For The Common Cold: Largest Study Yet F...
      • Wet mellow
      • My new book arrived
      • Dec. 20, 1996: Science Loses Its Most Visible Publ...
      • Phyl Kerns, where are you?
      • Solstice-eclipse overlap first in 456 years
      • Amelia Earhart's Bones May Have Been found On Island
    • ►  November (293)
    • ►  October (153)
    • ►  September (130)
    • ►  August (129)
    • ►  July (257)
    • ►  June (259)
    • ►  May (276)
    • ►  April (233)
    • ►  March (145)
    • ►  February (153)
    • ►  January (158)
  • ►  2009 (1587)
    • ►  December (184)
    • ►  November (120)
    • ►  October (84)
    • ►  September (70)
    • ►  August (135)
    • ►  July (159)
    • ►  June (164)
    • ►  May (142)
    • ►  April (120)
    • ►  March (102)
    • ►  February (126)
    • ►  January (181)
  • ►  2008 (1691)
    • ►  December (155)
    • ►  November (116)
    • ►  October (170)
    • ►  September (264)
    • ►  August (143)
    • ►  July (144)
    • ►  June (151)
    • ►  May (133)
    • ►  April (92)
    • ►  March (88)
    • ►  February (131)
    • ►  January (104)
  • ►  2007 (1414)
    • ►  December (109)
    • ►  November (134)
    • ►  October (111)
    • ►  September (94)
    • ►  August (70)
    • ►  July (71)
    • ►  June (79)
    • ►  May (153)
    • ►  April (193)
    • ►  March (117)
    • ►  February (117)
    • ►  January (166)
  • ►  2006 (250)
    • ►  December (112)
    • ►  November (120)
    • ►  October (18)
"An artist's only concern is to shoot for some kind of perfection, and on his own terms, not anyone else's."

J.D. Salinger