Writing Goal for the Day?

[RedHairedandFriendly]

3500 + and I'm feeling good about it. Not sure how others will feel, but in the end it's an honest piece and that's what counts in the grande scheme of things - right?

 

[lovecraft68]

3500 + and I'm feeling good about it. Not sure how others will feel, but in the end it's an honest piece and that's what counts in the grande scheme of things - right?

AS long as you're enjoying it that's all that matters.

I am currently working on a series I shelved over a year ago, because I was not sure what to do with it.

I felt inspired to begin working with them again, and I am all but reveling in working with them in this chapter. Now whether or not anyone else will like them may be another story, but it feels damn good, so who cares?

 

[TxRad]

I've also been working on a story I shelved a long while back. I didn't like the beginning. It sounded tyo much like the middle so I started a new beginning and then spliced it in. Took a little rewriting but it makes more sense now and gives a bigger build up.

Not bad for a few hours work.

 

[PennLady]

My usual problem -- too much to do, too much I want to do, not enough time...

 

[lovecraft68]

I've also been working on a story I shelved a long while back. I didn't like the beginning. It sounded tyo much like the middle so I started a new beginning and then spliced it in. Took a little rewriting but it makes more sense now and gives a bigger build up.

Not bad for a few hours work.

I do that a lot. I feel like I'm playing Jenga with words.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

AS long as you're enjoying it that's all that matters.

I am currently working on a series I shelved over a year ago, because I was not sure what to do with it.

I felt inspired to begin working with them again, and I am all but reveling in working with them in this chapter. Now whether or not anyone else will like them may be another story, but it feels damn good, so who cares?

I did and yep that is what matters.

I'm battling and ear ache this evening, nothing too painful so I'll live. I'm thinking I'll devote some time this evening to twisting some old fairy tales. I've done that in the past and really enjoyed it.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

I did and yep that is what matters.

I'm battling and ear ache this evening, nothing too painful so I'll live. I'm thinking I'll devote some time this evening to twisting some old fairy tales. I've done that in the past and really enjoyed it.

ETA: Scratch that - I think I may write three chapters to a chain story that was done - but now has three chapters missing.

 

[lance gt]

I decided on which scene I liked out of the four and it ended up including parts from the other three. Now to start putting the vision into words and fill out the details.

 

[PennLady]

Moved along on R&B9, which was good. Wrote an argument between Ryan and her dad, which may be a little over done but I hope is a decent start. The rest of the evening was split between hockey (Go Flyers) and watching the rest of the restored Metropolis. The 1927 silent, not the 2001 animated. About time; Mr Penn only gave it to me a year ago.

 

[RjThoughts]

As if on cue, the Indiana Jones theme plays on my iPod.

I started this afternoon with the intentions of writing a 1000 or so words, just get something in the netbook. Something, anything, to decompress after spending three hours giving initial interviews at the computer consulting company where I work, owned by a cousin and her fiancee. First intervee was a well-educated man in his 30s, a Masters degree in Information Management on his resume - which we confirmed last week. He showed up wearing jeans and new Timberlands. Perfect candidate for our needs, but my God, show some respect!

Needless to say, he was NOT hired immediately. (And for those that say, "well it's probably all he has to wear", stop! Local mens clothiers have had sales for the last two months where suits were CHEAPER than the boots he had on!)

Decompressing at Starbucks, I had intentions of writing dirty, naughty words..but...Damned if story ideas that the likes of Cussler, Berry, Preston & Child, and Lucas would love popped into my mind.

Writing furiously on paper instead of electronically.

 

[sr71plt]

As if on cue, the Indiana Jones theme plays on my iPod.

I started this afternoon with the intentions of writing a 1000 or so words, just get something in the netbook. Something, anything, to decompress after spending three hours giving initial interviews at the computer consulting company where I work, owned by a cousin and her fiancee. First intervee was a well-educated man in his 30s, a Masters degree in Information Management on his resume - which we confirmed last week. He showed up wearing jeans and new Timberlands. Perfect candidate for our needs, but my God, show some respect!

Needless to say, he was NOT hired immediately. (And for those that say, "well it's probably all he has to wear", stop! Local mens clothiers have had sales for the last two months where suits were CHEAPER than the boots he had on!)

Decompressing at Starbucks, I had intentions of writing dirty, naughty words..but...Damned if story ideas that the likes of Cussler, Berry, Preston & Child, and Lucas would love popped into my mind.

Writing furiously on paper instead of electronically.

The perfect candidate other than what he wore to the interview? Were you hiring a salesman or a fashion model? If so, did you mention this to him in the interview and give him a chance to ask what the appropriate dress was for the position and say he could/would conform to a dress code? I don't really find your description business savvy.

 

[RjThoughts]

The perfect candidate other than what he wore to the interview? Were you hiring a salesman or a fashion model? If so, did you mention this to him in the interview and give him a chance to ask what the appropriate dress was for the position and say he could/would conform to a dress code? I don't really find your description business savvy.

The problem is:

Who over 18 wears jeans to a job interview? Common sense would dictate wearing some sort of dress slacks, even Dockers or khakis. Yes, the days of the "IBM Uniform" - white collared shirt, dark blue or black tie, black or dark blue slacks, black shoes - might be over in "Nerddom", but come on, jeans? It was as if he thought he could pass on qualifications alone.

We are hiring people to REPRESENT the company, going to other businesses. And if you can't take the time to dress in at least business casual, what does that say about how you'll dress on the job?

 

[TxRad]

The problem is:

Who over 18 wears jeans to a job interview? Common sense would dictate wearing some sort of dress slacks, even Dockers or khakis. Yes, the days of the "IBM Uniform" - white collared shirt, dark blue or black tie, black or dark blue slacks, black shoes - might be over in "Nerddom", but come on, jeans? It was as if he thought he could pass on qualifications alone.

We are hiring people to REPRESENT the company, going to other businesses. And if you can't take the time to dress in at least business casual, what does that say about how you'll dress on the job?

Maybe he got the boots for Christmas and wanted to wear them. They probably didn't go well with his suit so he wore the jeans. Ya never know unless you ask. Anyway, at most software companies I know, if you showed up in a suit, the pointing and giggling would drowned out any possible conversation.

On another note, the plot bunny that slapped me in the face this morning is 3700 words and in the bag for Valentines day. The down side is the hundreds of spinoffs that can/could be generated off this thing. They could keep me busy forever or another twenty years. Much the same thing at my age.

 

[RedHairedandFriendly]

The problem is:

Who over 18 wears jeans to a job interview? Common sense would dictate wearing some sort of dress slacks, even Dockers or khakis. Yes, the days of the "IBM Uniform" - white collared shirt, dark blue or black tie, black or dark blue slacks, black shoes - might be over in "Nerddom", but come on, jeans? It was as if he thought he could pass on qualifications alone.

We are hiring people to REPRESENT the company, going to other businesses. And if you can't take the time to dress in at least business casual, what does that say about how you'll dress on the job?

I'm with you on this Rj - my spouse is a mechanic and when he goes to a job interview it is not in jeans - EVER - he wears kahkis and a nice shirt. He goes in looking like a professional and that is applying for a job where he'll get nasty looking uniform pants and a nasty ugly shirt that will soon be covered in grease stains. But even knowing what he will be wearing he still dresses the way he should in order to represent that he takes pride in what he is presenting to the potential employer.

As a retailer I would interview women of all shapes and sizes and no matter if they were teens or sixty year old ladies looking for a part time job I expect them to show up neatly dressed. Jeans are out. I'm not looking for casual I'm looking for professional.

 

[RjThoughts]

Maybe he got the boots for Christmas and wanted to wear them. They probably didn't go well with his suit so he wore the jeans. Ya never know unless you ask. Anyway, at most software companies I know, if you showed up in a suit, the pointing and giggling would drowned out any possible conversation.

On another note, the plot bunny that slapped me in the face this morning is 3700 words and in the bag for Valentines day. The down side is the hundreds of spinoffs that can/could be generated off this thing. They could keep me busy forever or another twenty years. Much the same thing at my age.

Valentine's is around the corner which means it's time for me to explain why my wife and I don't do Valentine's gifts:

I give her flowers all year round, because she's had a bad day/It's nice out/She looked awesome this morning/It's Tuesday and why not/OMG they just called out to me/etc...

Though a plot bunny bit me in the ass: Something about chocolate bunnies....

 

[sr71plt]

We've just had a thread about credit checks for prospective employees who aren't going to handle company money.

I saw no claim that dress was related to doing the job this "perfect candidate other than dress" was applying for--or any effort to make this "otherwise perfect candidate" a complete perfect candidate--simply by telling him what the job would entail in the way of dress and giving him an opportunity to adjust.

I don't think those doing these interviews have all that much experience in filling their jobs well.

Is the job one requiring top-notch computer expertise? Who doesn't know a top-notch computer geek who isn't in touch with finicky office dress codes--particularly ones not yet defined to him/her?

geez, folks.

I might note that you wouldn't have hired either Steve Jobs or Steve Case, because of your idea of would had priority in a "perfect candidate."

 

[RjThoughts]

We've just had a thread about credit checks for prospective employees who aren't going to handle company money.

I saw no claim that dress was related to doing the job this "perfect candidate other than dress" was applying for--or any effort to make this "otherwise perfect candidate" a complete perfect candidate--simply by telling him what the job would entail in the way of dress and giving him an opportunity to adjust.

I don't think those doing these interviews have all that much experience in filling their jobs well.

Is the job one requiring top-notch computer expertise? Who doesn't know a top-notch computer geek who isn't in touch with finicky office dress codes--particularly ones not yet defined to him/her?

geez, folks.

Really?

Office dress codes? I said "Common Sense would dictate" wearing something other than jeans, but I guess that went past you.

He was lucky my cousin did NOT see him or would have sent him OUT with NO interview at all. She is a former Marine, dresses appropriately for ANY and ALL offices during working hours. It is her company, and as such, we in management - or in my case, pseudomanagement because I do have the business degree in addition to the computer science degree and am related to one of the company owners - follow suit, follow her direction in dress and expect those applying for jobs with us to do some research, see how the officer personel are dressed. No one that is at the office wears jeans or work boots, except when there is need, such as moving into a new building or helping with reconstruction.

We are NOT a software company like Microsoft, SAS, Oracle. We are more akin to Kelly Girls: We hire people to go to IT departments across the Capital District of NY, Southern VT, and Western MA, and work.


There is a plot bunny in all of this!

 

[sr71plt]

Ah, adding new information now to your posts. It's OK; it's your business. And your business decisions. And your business risks.

Of course why you mentioned it at all is beyond me. I find your reasoning pretty shallow.

 

[RjThoughts]

Ah, adding new information now to your posts. It's OK; it's your business. And your business decisions. And your business risks.

Of course why you mentioned it at all is beyond me. I find your reasoning pretty shallow.

Shallow now..okay, let's agree to disagree. Perhaps it's just me, but I find wearing jeans and boots to a FORMAL job interview kind of an afront. Maybe I was raised to know that meeting someone to get a job would dictate wearing appropriate clothing. Maybe I was taught in my business classes that jeans to an interview is inappropriate attire, like wearing halter tops, tube tops, t-shirts...

Would you wear jeans and Timberlands to a meeting with an editor at a top-notch publishing house like Simon and Shuster?

 

[sr71plt]

Got the rewrites and cleanup of a compendium out to the publisher last night and am now working on trimming a graphic Shabbu novel down to a tamer Stephen Kessel novella--oh, and making up an itinerary for a fall trip to Europe.

 

[lovecraft68]

Shallow now..okay, let's agree to disagree. Perhaps it's just me, but I find wearing jeans and boots to a FORMAL job interview kind of an afront. Maybe I was raised to know that meeting someone to get a job would dictate wearing appropriate clothing. Maybe I was taught in my business classes that jeans to an interview is inappropriate attire, like wearing halter tops, tube tops, t-shirts...

Would you wear jeans and Timberlands to a meeting with an editor at a top-notch publishing house like Simon and Shuster?

I agree completely. I have a dozen tattoos and cover everyone of them for any formal occasion or any time I meet with the customers at work. Its why I'll never get one on my hands or the neck(wouldn't want one there but a lot of people are doing it these days.

And Pilot can sit around in just his underwear, you don't need to be dressed to meet "publishers" in the e-market.

 

[sr71plt]

Would you wear jeans and Timberlands to a meeting with an editor at a top-notch publishing house like Simon and Shuster?

No, but I've met with editors at the Simon and Shuster level who were wearing jeans and sandals--and when I was the managing editor of a smaller, academic publishing house I wore whatever I damn well pleased. It didn't have anything to do with the job--and everyone else in the field was wearing what they damn well pleased too. Those above me were dressing a lot more scraggy than I was (but I come from a conservative dress tradition), and jeans certainly weren't cause to throw someone out of a business meeting.

I think you misconstrue what is most important in a job and aren't working all that hard to make a "perfect candidate" fit the job. Of course, maybe you had other perfect candidates that day who dressed to your expectations and you hired them. It's certainly a hirer's market at the moment. That's information you haven't provided, but would at least be sensible in job hiring practice.

Did you at least clue this person in to why you didn't go further with the interview process? If not, that wasn't very noble, was it?

Again, I found it bizarre and wrongheaded to be posted here.

 

[RjThoughts]

I agree completely. I have a dozen tattoos and cover everyone of them for any formal occasion or any time I meet with the customers at work. Its why I'll never get one on my hands or the neck(wouldn't want one there but a lot of people are doing it these days.

And Pilot can sit around in just his underwear, you don't need to be dressed to meet "publishers" in the e-market.

LOL Forgot about E-publishers. I said Simon and Shuster only because the Spawn's teacher gave him a gift certificate for any title they have..and is giving it to his mother. Freaking child!!!

 

[sr71plt]

The bulk of my career has been in the mainstream journalism/publishing world--and Swiftboater has every reason to know that. (And, no, that doesn't contridict a background in intelligence work--as those who check me out know.) He was given the same lead on that as others here were given. They tracked me down within a couple of hours. If he didn't, it's because it didn't suit his swiftboating agenda.

 

[RjThoughts]

No, but I've met with editors at the Simon and Shuster level who were wearing jeans and sandals--and when I was the managing editor of a smaller, academic publishing house I wore whatever I damn well pleased. It didn't have anything to do with the job--and everyone else in the field was wearing what they damn well pleased too. Those above me were dressing a lot more scraggy than I was (but I come from a conservative dress tradition), and jeans certainly weren't cause to throw someone out of a business meeting.

I think you misconstrue what is most important in a job and aren't working all that hard to make a "perfect candidate" fit the job. Of course, maybe you had other perfect candidates that day who dressed to your expectations and you hired them. It's certainly a hirer's market at the moment. That's information you haven't provided, but would at least be sensible in job hiring practice.

Did you at least clue this person in to why you didn't go further with the interview process? If not, that wasn't very noble, was it?

Again, I found it bizarre and wrongheaded to be posted here.

When 20-30 people, quailified people, go for the same job, FIRST impressions are what matters.

I didn't need to tell him anything about his attire. He talked to the receptionist on the way out and informed her he will be better attired for the second interview.

And I put it here because, if you read the ENTIRE intial post, I was stating I was decompressing over this AND AND AND couldn't write the 1000 words of naughty that I wanted, the action story ideas were popping in my mind and was writing them on paper instead of typing them into the netbook.