A palimpsest

A palimpsest is a written document, usually on vellum or parchment, that has been written upon several times, often with remnants of erased writing still visible. Most written works considered by the posterity as supreme achievements of art have this structure of palimpsest.

It is the continuous refinement of an initial spark that makes possible the development of a whole new work. And it is time the element that makes possible the complete work. There are many ways of making outstanding contributions in a certain field but palimpsests are one of the most fruitful. I wanted to tell this, for the common idea of a creator is one of an inmediate inspiration that creates the work of art in a definite way.

Linda Seger, who wrote a wonderful book on Making a good script great put it this way:

"To write an excellent script it is not necessary to have a good idea nor it is enough to put it in a written form. When we work on a movie or television script it is not the writing but the rewriting what makes the good script great"

Comments

[Nice]

The same is applicable for life. We write our life with actions, and sometimes is life who writes, with blood an marks, its going on us. The way improvement works is rewriting these marks.
In some way, we are living rewrited documents.

Great Felix!

[Noel Guinane]

I agree. You have to work on something really hard to make it even acceptable, never mind great and that goes for everything in life, not just writing.

[Rocky]

And don't forget the practical application of the script. The acting can make or break the script. In other words it is how we live our lives that is as important as the values we profess.

[Troy Worman]

Felix! Some time ago you coined a new phrase for the under-appreciated--The Van Gogh Effect. If I remember correctly, this is an occurrence of a series of paradoxes that result in the under-appreciation of talent or value. Have you written anything on this recently?

[Felix Gerena]

Sure Nice, that´s probably the sense of learning.

Troy, I´ve sent you an e-mail with some stuff on "The Van Gogh effect".