Ocean Palmer, Author at Ocean Palmer

“It’s Not a Business, It’s A Club”

February 13, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I think the reason Los Angeles is on the left coast and New York is on the right is because they are too different to be any closer. LA is Ali, New York Joe Frazier. Chicago is the referee in the middle. I was in Los Angeles for 24 hours and movie talks. The action […]

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Five Questions

February 11, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

This is my 5-question interview response for a college publication affiliated with Jacksonville (FL) University. The interview took place Tuesday, February 9th in conjunction with a guest speaking appearance as part of the school’s Alumni Speaker Series. 1. How did your time at Jacksonville University prepare you for your life immediately after college and beyond? […]

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One Million Miles: My Favorite Places

February 9, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Gladness and sadness, weddings and funerals, business meetings and baseball tournaments. Fishing trips and horse farms. Cons, thieves, murders, and rip-offs. Airport security and insecurity. Flight attendants, lousy food hot and cold, organized crime, currency exchanges, and slovenly dressed, poorly behaved travelers who do not travel well. Welcome to my world, the world of the […]

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Why Companies Herd Cats

February 8, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

My friends in the staffing and recruiting profession stay relentlessly busy and vital to their organizations because of a universal reality: Not everyone on the payroll cares about the company paying them. Every organization, small or large, is comprised of good workers, great actors, and others who vacillate between the two. Depending upon how much […]

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Why the Dash Matters

February 4, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I’m sorry but I don’t remember which friend I discussed this with. I shall blame that on time or coffee or the scarcity of left-handed tools in a right-handed world. The Dash Theory is an idea we slapped around because of its elegant simplicity. Each of us has a birth year. And each of us […]

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Why Good Workers Get Stuck Doing More

February 2, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I am proud of my website and readily admit I had very little to do with its design or construction, other than answer questions for a tremendous thinker, Boston’s Steve Bennett. Bennett specializes in author websites. He developed my cocktail napkin design after interviewing me for an hour with my publicist and one of his […]

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Why Road Rage Occurs

January 31, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

My college roommate has never been an easy guy to cohabit with, a lesson his wife soon learned. He can be obnoxious. She is strong-willed. They make a fiery pair. A few years ago he was griping about needing some space. She took his dinner plate—complete with steak and baked potato—opened the kitchen door, and […]

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How to Connect with People You Meet

January 29, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Ever meet someone and click instantly? Or face the opposite problem: struggling to have an easy, unforced interaction? Chances are you’ve done both. A big reason this happens is due to how the mind operates. People tend to think in one of two directions, either concept-to-detail or detail-to-conclusion. Most people can flex from one direction […]

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How I Create A Story (part 1 of 2)

January 28, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Part I: Thinking Up Storylines & Characters It’s a long way from writing one-liners to scripting novels and screenplays but anyone who writes along that continuum faces the same challenge: the creative process. Mine has evolved over time. I recently began a new screenplay about a comedic premise I’m very excited about and thought it […]

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How I Create A Story (part 2 of 2)

January 28, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Part 2 of 2: Story Construction & Sequence In three-act structure, Act One introduces the protagonist (hero) and the dilemma. Act Two includes the stuff involved with the growing problem. Act Three is the resolution. Comedies have happy endings. Tragedies do not. Happy endings enthrall me. Tragic ones I abhor. I want the world to […]

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