Comments for Steven Savile

Comment on Reconnecting by admin

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:51:15 +0000

This is a long, wonderful glimpse into your writing process. It’s also a fitting way to launch the new Storytellers site, and I thank you for it…

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Comment on Catharsis by Mark Yon

Mark Yon — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:38:51 +0000

Steve: that must’ve taken some writing. Kudos to you.

If anyone ever needed proof of the power of your prose, that piece nails it.

Best of luck to you in your new ventures.

Mark

Comment on Catharsis by Steven Savile

Steven Savile — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:52:41 +0000

Melanya, thank you so much for taking the time to share, and for putting yourself out there. It isn’t an easy thing, and I’m every bit as humbled by your words, believe me.

I took the last 10 days off to write out my memories, I have a friend who is a professional book binder. We’re making something for her family. Writing it down, all of it, bringing back some of the funniest little memories, really did help.

Comment on Catharsis by Melayna

Melayna — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:09:05 +0000

You have me in tears at the moment. Those slow cumbersome tears that aren’t particularily unhappy or sad. Just an indication how deeply what you wrote resonated with me.

I’m touched and inspired/motivated to write, something i haven’t done in i think two years now. I used to write to try and free myself of emotional guilt and pain that I couldn’t verbalise to other people. I couldn’t scream at them to stop hurting me, I couldn’t make them listen. So i wrote it down. I have a particular someone in my life who has imprinted himself so deeply on my soul that i wonder at times if there will ever be a time that i don’t compare people with him. I torture myself over these things, or at least I did. I have someone now, who makes me forget that I can be so dark.

It’s hard alot of the time to remember that the people around you are just more than what they appear to be on the outside, that they carry depth and emotion. You’ve brought it staggeringly into my face.

I once thought i had the trappings to be a writer, but to be honest the core of the better writting is emotionally to dark. I don’t know if i want my public and private selves to conflict.

I’m humbled, moved and inspired by what you wrote Steve. I hope it has helped you a little in dealing with your grief.

Comment on Catharsis by Gene O'Neill

Gene O'Neill — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:44:01 +0000

Steve: I’ve found all of your fiction very emotionally moving. As is your very touching essay. And I think your title apt. We all write to learn how we feel precisely (it often makes us better people).
Best,
Gene

Comment on Catharsis by Blogging the Muse » Blog Archive » Author Interview Series #45 - Karen Miller

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:24:35 +0000

[...] column by fellow author Steve Saville. I’d be really grateful if you could link to it, here, http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/catharsis, so that anyone reading this interview can also read what Steve wrote. This column made me cry, and [...]

Comment on Catharsis by Robert Jones

Robert Jones — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 01:06:43 +0000

Even if the sadness never passes entirely, Steven, remember that one needs some contrasting sadness or we could not meaningfully appreciate happiness. I hope the memories of dancing and being silly soon outweigh the sadness and that the vision remains in residence to brighten your life.
Bob

Comment on Catharsis by Steven Savile

Steven Savile — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:45:38 +0000

Cortney, Thank you for writing that today. I think we can all agree the what if game isn’t healthy. The only way I’ll allow the ‘fantasy’ writer in me to play that game is to think of it in terms of parallel lives. Somewhen out there a different me did the right thing with a different she, and they walked a different road together. I hope they enjoyed it.

My road has been a good one. I’ve lived an absolutely blessed life, and I am happy where I am, completely happy. And what a great way of putting it, because you are right, I am lucky for those weeks we walked the same path.. and while I might have wanted to tell the woman Vicky became how much I loved her, I am in no doubt the girl back then knew.

Comment on Catharsis by Cortney

Cortney — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:51:51 +0000

I’ve been debating whether I should comment. But, in the spirit of Catharsis, I must.
Thank you so much for writing this. My first love also took his own life. So many times I have thought of him and have wanted to thank him for the things he taught me. I have played the “what if” game, but it doesn’t lead me anywhere productive. I know that I am where I am supposed to be. There is a song, “Lucky” by Jason Mraz. One line always grabs me… “Lucky to have been where I have been.” I am so happy and in love with my husband that it almost hurts. And when I think of my first love, it is not with regrets, but rather knowing that I’m “lucky to have been where I have been” because I learned and I grew and I’m thankful for that. I just wish I could have told him what he meant to me.

Thank you!