The Way of StoryChoices
As I daily view the news and the terrible suffering of innocents being bombed in two separate wars, I keep hearing in my memory, Joan Baez singing “When will they ever learn? When will they ev-er learn?” Then I repeat a question I have often heard others say,”If God is all powerful, why does he […]
To Worry or Not to Worry
To Worry or Not to Worry Recently, I had to go to DMV to renew my driver’s license and failed my vision test. I did not wear eye glasses, and the DMV woman gave me a two-month extension to see an eye doctor and return. It took over a month to get the appointment then […]
Hope Against Hope
The books I picked & why Hope Against Hope: A Memoir Why am I passionate about this? After decades of teaching in graduate school as well as a career in acting, and writing 11 produced plays in NYC, then writing films & television in Hollywood, and later becoming the author of 8 published books—both fiction […]
Suggestions for Readers
“I read to discover what I do not know. I write to discover myself. ” — Catherine Ann Jones For those who still read books, thought I’d share my 3 Favorite Books for the past 4 years. Asked to do this each year by BookDNA.com. For all, click on https://bookdna.com/search/author/52808 Interview: Catherine Ann Jones, Award […]
Knowing When to Stop
Some years ago, I was invited by an artist friend to sit for his painting class. “All you have to do is sit for 3 hours.” “Sure,” I replied, ” I can do that.” Little did I realize that being a model is hard work! After the class, I walked around and looked at the […]
BEING ALIVE AT 80
I touched a starand kicked a clodThen grew oldwithin a year I wrote the above poem at age age eighteen towards the end of my freshman year at university. It was a challenging year. Majoring in theology, the plan was to become an educational missionary to foreign lands. However, I made the mistake of reading […]
5 of books are available on Audible
True Fables: Stories from Childhood Heal Yourself With Writing What Story Are You Living?: A Short Guide to Self-Healing and Inquiry Freud’s Oracle Buddha and the Dancing Girl: A Creative Life 8 are available on Kindle or Print. Just click on book covers to go to Amazon.com (Also available on Amazon.com.UK)
A Writer’s Life
A Writer’s Life is Sometimes Magical Generally, I am optimistic by nature. However this past year has been more than usually challenging. Some medical setbacks reminding me that I am one more person who is getting older. This week I’ve been having a dialogue with my self, asking questions as “I’ve written 8 books. Why […]
How a Dream Led Me to Dolly Parton
How a Dream Led Me to Dolly Parton by Catherine Ann Jones One night I dreamt of an angel returned to earth because he was not yet ready for heaven. Denied his wings because he was still too attached to earthly pleasures, he was asked to undergo a trial on earth, to earn his wings. […]
Favorite Memoirs
The books I picked & why Hope Against Hope: A Memoir Why am I passionate about this? After decades of teaching in graduate school as well as a career in acting, and writing 11 produced plays in NYC, then writing films & television in Hollywood, and later becoming the author of 8 published books—both fiction […]
Open to Insights
Open for Insights Five years ago after living in NYC for 20 years – my theatre years – I had moved to Hollywood. After working in Hollywood as a screenwriter and teaching graduate screenwriting at USC, I moved to Ojai, California. I soon learned of the annual Ojai Music Festival – now in its […]
Available Workshops
Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, & author Catherine Ann Jones The Way of Story: the craft and soul of writing Heal Your Self with Writing What Story Are You Living? Awakening the Inner Visionary Jung & the Power of Dreams Resolutions for the Soul Integrating the Spiritual with Daily Life The Callings: Listening to the Inner Voice […]
Open to Insights
Open for Insights After living in NYC for 20 years – my theatre years – I was invited to work in Hollywood. After working in Hollywood for 5 years as a screenwriter and teaching graduate screenwriting at USC, I moved to Ojai, California. I soon learned of the annual Ojai Music Festival – now […]
To Worry or Not to Worry
To Worry or Not to Worry Recently, I had to go to DMV to renew my driver’s license and failed my vision test. I did not wear eye glasses, and the DMV woman gave me a two-month extension to see an eye doctor and return. It took over a month to get the appointment then […]
Memoirs by those who made a difference
5 Best Memoirs by Those Who Made a Difference with Catherine Ann Jones 1. HOPE AGAINST HOPE by Nadezhda Mandelstam I first read Hope Against Hope decades ago and never forgot it. I remember when the Russian poets under Stalin, now allowed […]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 21-26
The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing June 21-26 in Santa Barbara Monday-Friday 9:00-11:30 AM RM 3-101 The Way of […]
Setbacks as Blessings in Disguise
Setbacks Can Sometimes Be a Blessing in Disguise In New York, after a grueling two week audition process from 2000 applicants to one winner, I was cast as Ophelia for the Broadway production of a new play by Tom Stoppard called Rosencranz and Guilderstern. This was my first Broadway audition and I was both relieved […]
Writing from the Unconscious
Writing from the Unconscious Due to some medical challenges and house repairs, the writing of a new book has been set aside. Last month, in March, an odd thing happened and more than once. As if my conscious mind had stopped writing during the day, at night during sleep, the unconscious took over and began […]
Swimming & Writing
Swimming & Writing Swimming for me has been a ‘coming home’ experience since I began winning races at age five. Now in my senior years, swimming laps 3 x week never fails to bring me back to life. No longer scuba diving or competing, swimming has morphed into another form of meditation. I prefer swimming […]
Heal Your Self with Writing workshop in OJai
Heal Your Self with Writing with Catherine Ann Jones February 21, 2026 in Ojai, CA Saturday, 10-4pm “Heal Your Self with Writing is an elixir for the soul.” – Psychology Today Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. Heal Your Self with Writing offers a […]
On Patience
Patience is All Do not measure in terms of time: one year or ten years means nothing. For the artist there is no counting or tallying up; just ripening like the tree that does not force its sap and endures the storms of spring without fearing that […]
Reflection on 2026
A new year begins tomorrow. Greetings from Ojai, CA (Below) “There is no ‘True’. There are only ways of perceiving. One must write for one’s self, first and foremost. Only that way does one stand a chance of producing something good. Life is short and Art is long! The day before his death Socrates […]
Schedule for 2026
Isn’t it time to honor your story? “It is my feeling that some stories already exist in the ether, and my job is simply to bring them down to the gross level. The best times are when I seem to disappear altogether and the story writes itself. It passes through me, but is not really […]
Nuremberg the film
Nuremberg Nuremberg is a 2025 American psychological thriller historical drama film written, co-produced, and directed by James Vanderbilt. Based on the 2013 book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai. The film is now playing in theatres. Visiting two friends yesterday, I mentioned how I rarely go to new movies these days […]
The Power of Dreams in Ojai, CA
Jung & The Power of Dreams with Catherine Ann Jones Nov 2, Sunday, 11-1:30pm The Ojai Retreat, 160 Besant Road, Ojai (Free Event) Ojai Seminar hosts Catherine Ann Jones in Jung & the Power of Dreams Join us for […]
Writing Workshops
THE WAY OF STORY with Catherine Ann Jones “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” – Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing offers an […]
Replenishing the Well
REPLENISHING THE WELL How do I know about the world? By what is within me. Lao Tzu I began writing at age 7 when I began to write poetry. Here’s the first effort: WISHES I wish I were a little dog And had […]
Choices
Choices As I daily view the news and the terrible suffering of innocents being bombed in two separate wars, I keep hearing in my memory, Joan Baez singing “When will they ever learn? When will they ev-er learn?” Then I repeat a question I have often heard others say,”If God is all powerful, why […]
The Price of Genius
The day after Robin Williams committed suicide on Aug 11, 2014, I received a request from Psychology Today to write a short article. When I asked when they wanted it, they said “Tomorrow.”. So I quickly penned the following article. The Price of Genius: Robin Williams, Van Gogh, and Virginia Woolf […]
The Way of Story workshop
THE WAY OF STORY workshop in Ojai, CA with Catherine Ann Jones June 21, 2025: Saturday 10-4pm “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the […]
A new book launches!
Remarkable Women now available on amazon.com/books Invite you to go to amazon.com/books and read the free Sample which includes the Introduction to this recent publication. It reveals how an author whether writing fiction or non-fiction must make the material her own, personal. All fiction is autobiography in disguise. Ojai, CA: April 26, Saturday, 2pm Ojai […]
Elephants & Perspectives
The gift of Art rests in the artist’s perspective. Catherine Ann Jones Here is an excerpt from my NY Journal and my memoir: Dinner with Violette Verdy, friend and prima-ballerina, just returned from her NY City Ballet Tour of Russia & Poland, also Paris. At the Opera de’Paris, Violette danced Giselle to raves! […]
Isn’t it time to honor your story?
“A true writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for others.” – Thomas Mann “My job is to focus on how to make the book or script better and accessible to a wide audience without betraying the author’s vision.” Catherine Ann Jones, Writing Consultant Writers […]
The Callings: Listening to the Inner Voice
Krotona Institute The Callings: Listening to the Inner Voice with Catherine Ann Jones May 17-18 (Sat-Sun) Saturday 10 – noon, 2 – 4 pm & Sunday 10-noon Onsite or Zoom Abide in the Self. Stay present to what is & the guidance will come. — Annie Besant Inner peace is a journey without distance […]
Happy Holidays
It is true that these are intense times – collectively and perhaps personally for some of us. A time to reflect and re-set goals. Due to recovering from a major knee surgery, I have set the writing aside and read more and saw more movies at home. After a month, I was able to drive […]
Year of the Knee
Year of the Knee In Chinese Astrology, it is the Year of the Dragon or Dog or Pig, etc. This year for this writer, it has been the Year of the Knee. Sometimes Life intrudes on Art. I am currently undergoing one of those times. My latest book was released overseas […]
Our Job as Writers
OUR JOB AS WRITERS Our job as writers is both to see the world for what it is and to imagine a better one into being. Carolyn Forche An only child, since age 7 when I began my writing journey by writing poems, writing was an imaginary […]
East and West: Stories of India
Actor-author-playwright, screenwriter Catherine Ann Jones is a scholar of story and a gifted creative force in weaving story content with the worldly and the spiritual, and the particular and personal with the universal and archetypal. She is a performer as well as a producer, a creator as well as a cultivator, who for decades has given […]
2024 Schedule
Schedule for 2024 Jan 6 (Sat) Ojai, CA Krotona Institute: Resolutions for the Soul Zoom: Actor-playwright Catherine Ann Jones on India’s stark realities and eternal beauty – eShe Interview Catherine Ann Jones, Award Winning Author & Writing Consultant Crafting Stories & Spiritual Journeys https://youtu.be/gD0GuVh_GQI Feb 20 East and West: Stories of India available on Amazon.com, […]
Writing Memoir with Catherine Ann Jones
Writing Memoir with award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones July 13, Sat, 10-4pm, Ojai, CA How do I know about the world? By what is within me. […]
Myth Salon, July 9, Tues, 5pm Pacific
Actor, award-winning author, playwright, and screenwriter Catherine Ann Jones is a scholar of story and a gifted creative force in weaving story content with the worldly and the spiritual, and the particular and personal with the universal and archetypal. She is a performer as well as a producer, a creator as well as a […]
East and West by Catherine Ann Jones in Ojai, Sat, May 25, 2024
OJAI LIBRARY Saturday, 2pm, May 25, 2024 111 E. Ojai Avenue, Ojai, CA 93023 www.vencolibrary.org Saturday, May 25, 2024, 2pm East & West: Stories of India – An author- talk with Catherine Ann Jones – at the Ojai Library “Catherine Ann Jones writes with the clarity and delicacy of butterfly wings.” – Roshan Seth, actor “Excellent stories […]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 9-14
FLASH! For $100 discount, say Catherine Ann Jones referred me. June 9-14, 2024 • Register The Way of Story: the craft & soul of writing with award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones The Way of Story offers an integrative approach to writing narrative, combining solid craft with experiential inner discovery. Craft alone is not […]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 9-14, 2024
June 9-14, 2024 • Register for Santa Barbara Writers Conference The Way of Story: the craft & soul of writing with award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones The Way of Story offers an integrative approach to writing narrative, combining solid craft with experiential inner discovery. Craft alone is not enough. No other writing […]
East & West: Stories of India now in India, UK, and USA
This particular collection of stories is imagined – though sometimes inspired by fact. They came about because of a marriage that carried me away to far- off India, which became my spiritual home. From my own experience of living many years in India, the sublime mythology of this great and complex culture so permeates the personal that myth often becomes reality – and reality, myth.
The aim of these stories is to serve as a kind of portal into the daily lives and emotional realities that reflect the rich depth and humanity that is India.
Catherine Ann Jones
Ojai, California
Lost in Liminal Space
Liminal is defined as the space between ‘what was’ and ‘what next’. Creatives often find themselves in liminal space between projects. The artist subsists on the goal of completing a work. However, once the exhilaration of completion subsides, the void beckons. This is often experienced as deserved and much needed rest, collapse, restlessness, self-doubt, confusion. […]
From the Known to the Unknown
From the Known to the Unknown by Catherine Ann Jones In every work of art something appears that does not previously exist, and so, by default, you work from what you know to what you don’t know. – Ann Hamilton A writer is a pioneer who begins with something known and then embarks […]
The Perfect Gift
Psychic Readings with Catherine Ann Jones 50 years- experience as a psychic reader with clients both here and abroad. The readings cover recent past, current, and up to a year in the future. For appointments: catherinejones@www.wayofstory.com (Available for live readings in Ojai, CA […]
What Makes a Writer?
What then is a writer when he isn’t actually writing? the following is a dialogue I am having Flaubert, a favorite author of mine, long gone but his work and his letters remain. In these letters, I see a fine example of how a writer works when not writing. “That isn’t to say that I […]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 19-23, 2023
Join me in The Way of Story: The craft & soul of writing, 5 mornings during this wonderful conference in Santa Barbara, CA, along with agents & editors from NY and LA. And meet other writers like yourself. Isn’t it time to write your story? Catherine Ann Jones, www.wayofstory.com
The Women of Cedar Creek
I wrote this dysfunctional family play over 30 years ago, thinking it was a play I was compelled to write this very personal story then would put it away in a drawer and move on to other work. Imagine my surprise when so many responded, recognizing their own families. A great lesson for this young […]
Isn’t it time to write your story?
Isn’t it time to write your story? There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. —Maya Angelou (in Last Lecture) In the beginning was story. The caveman rushed back to his tribe and excitedly acted out his […]
Elephants & Perspective
The gift of Art rests in the artist’s perspective. – Catherine Ann Jones Dinner with Violette Verdy, just returned from a NY City Ballet Tour of Russia & Poland, also Paris. At the Opera de’Paris, Violette danced Giselle to raves! I mentioned seeing our friend, Madeline Malraux, who played Stravinsky’s Circus Polka at her […]
The worst of times
“What have we done to our children that such indifference is possible? A total disconnection between the act and the human terror and despair involved? May Sarton (1912-1995) I am more and more convinced that in the life of civilizations as in the lives of individuals too much matter that cannot be digested, too much […]
Resolutions for the Soul in 2023
Catherine Ann Jones Krotona Institute in Ojai Saturday Workshop (Live & via Zoom) Free! Resolutions for the Soul January 7 (Donation only) 1/7/2023 Saturday 3 – 4:30 pm PST Thank God our time is now when wrong comes up to face us everywhere, Never to leave us till we take the […]
Surviving the Pandemic
As long as we are waiting, we are not living. Apart from my writing (books, plays, movies) and teaching writing, I have for 45 years been a psychic reader. During the pandemic, I found many clients (from the U.S. to countries abroad) who had phone readings, were at turning points in their lives, as […]
Perspective in Writing
“The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing which stands in the way… As a man is, so he sees.” William Blake (November 28, 1757–August 12, 1827) – age 70 For writers, perhaps the most important element is his/her perspective or POV as we […]
2022 Remaining Workshops with Catherine Ann Jones
Remaining Schedule for 2022 Oct 6,13,20,27 (Thursdays, 6:30pm) Ojai, CA: Discovering the Sacred in Film schoolinfo@krotonainstitute.org Oct 10 continuing: FREE! Online Article Title: The Elixir of Creativity: Memoirs and Healing the Self with Catherine Ann Jones Article Link: https://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Elixir-of-Creativity–Applied-Arts_Arts_Arts-Musicals_Arts-Theater-Theatre-221010-536.html Oct 17-21: FREE! You’re invited to join the Empaths, Sensitives & Intuitives Dec 3 (Sat) Palm Springs, CA. Palm […]
What Story Are You Living? in Sequoia National Park June 16-19
What Story Are You Living? June 16-19 at Sequoia National Park farhorizons.org What Story Are You Living? is a workshop for both writers and non-writers guided by award-winning playwright, screenwriter, & author, Catherine Ann Jones. This workshop was developed at the Esalen Institute and inspired her award-winning book, “Heal Your Self with Writing is […]
Writing Consultations with award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones
“People without hope do not write books.” – Margaret Atwood “It is my feeling that some stories already exist in the ether, and my job is simply to bring them down to the gross level. The best times are when I seem to disappear altogether and the story writes itself. It passes through […]
Upcoming ZOOM workshops with Catherine Ann Jones
Schedule for 2022 Jan 8: Resolutions for the Soul, KrotonaInstitute.org (Free) Jan 15: ZOOM. NYC. Creating Memoir: Self-Discovery in Writing Your Story. $65 To register: https://vawaa.com/online/crafting-memoir-the-self-discovery-of-writing-your-story Feb 8-11 (Mornings): Ojai, CA. Zoom. What Story Are You Living? To register online Google Programs – Krotona Institute of Theosophy Jan […]
Time to write? 2022 Schedule
Memoirs published in 2021 Available on Amazon.com People without hope do not write books! – Margaret Atwood […]
2022: Resolutions for the Soul – Free Class, Sat, Jan 8
2022 Resolutions for the Soul with Catherine Ann Jones January 8, 2022, 3 – 4pm (FREE!)via ZOOM The astral life of the earth is young and strong between Christmas and Easter. Those who form their wishes now […]
A Perfect Gift
Card readings are a perfect gift for that special someone Gypsy Card Readings with Catherine Ann Jones Just wanted to tell you that your reading was incredibly accurate in ways I couldn’t even have imagined and has made me rethink and refine my ideas about free will, fate, and karma. – Karen A., […]
2022 Schedule
2022 Schedule Jan 8: ZOOM. Ojai, CA, 2022: Resolutions for the Soul, Free! Register online: https://www.krotonainstitute.org/programs/ by noon January 8. Jan 15: Jan 15: ZOOM. NYC. Creating Memoir: Self-Discovery in Writing Your Story. $65 To register: https://vawaa.com/online/crafting-memoir-the-self-discovery-of-writing-your-story Jan 22 Ojai Retreat: One Writer’s Journey & Book Signing with Catherine Ann Jones 160 Besant Road, Ojai, […]
Thanksgiving Thoughts
Thanksgiving in Dallas once upon a time Some years ago, on holiday from New York, my son, Christopher, and I were visiting my mother and other Texas relations. Today is Thanksgiving in Ojai, and unusually, I find myself alone on the holiday and given over to earlier, happier memories of holidays past – when we […]
Upcoming Live Workshops August 2021!
Esalen Institute August 2-6, 2021: Heal Your Self with Writing with Catherine Ann Jones An Oasis in today’s chaotic world […]
Writing Memoir for Family Legacy on ZOOM, Sat, May 8 at 10 AM
Writing Memoir for Family Legacy on ZOOM, Sat, May 8 at 10 AM I write in order to discover myself.” – Maya Angelou Why write a memoir? To discover what we have learned on our journey and then share that with others, those who come after. Home is where our stories begin. What we […]
Interview and Upcoming ZOOM workshops
Upcoming ZOOM Workshops with Catherine Ann Jones April 24 (Sat): W.B. Yeats: Mystic & Poet hosted by Krotona Institute Register: www.krotonainstitute.org/programs/ 805 646 1139 or email schoolinfo@krotonainstitute.org May 8 (Sat): Writing Memoir as a Family Legacy Register: catherinejones@www.wayofstory.com For writing consultations, schedule, blog, or psychic readings www.wayofstory.com
What in the long run has the writer to give?
Somerset Maugham 1874-1965 I am re-reading Summing Up by Somerset Maugham, a memoir written in his eighties. (He lived til age 91.) Also his marvelous collection of short stories. For style alone, he commands attention. Here are some excepts from the memoir: For what in the long run has the writer to give […]
2021 Resolutions for the Soul
Catherine Ann Jones Resolutions for the Soul Free Saturday Workshop via Zoom January 9 Saturday 3 – 4 pm PST The astral life of the earth is young and strong between Christmas and Easter. Those who form their wishes now will have added strength to fulfill them consistently. – H.P. Blavatsky Writing New Year’s […]
2021 Schedule
2021 Schedule Jan 9, Sat, 2pm, ZOOM. Soul Resolutions for 2021, KrotonaInstitute.org April 10, Sat ZOOM. Finding Your Voice in Memoir catherinejones@www.wayofstory.com mid-June (?) Santa Barbara Writers Conference, sbwc.com Aug 18-22 Sequoia National Park, farhorizons.org Heal Your Self with Writing Six DailyOM Online courses link on home page of www.wayofstory.com […]
The Way of Story ZOOM Dec 5-6, 2020
Dec 5-6 (Sat-Sun) The Way of Story for Palm Springs Writers Guild on ZOOM https://palmspringswritersguild.org/ This afternoon I have been asked to tell my story or that part which follows a writer’s journey. In my case, from an acting career in NY then writing 11 plays […]
Shifting Perspective on Death
Shifting Perspective on Death with Catherine Ann Jones Who has not lost family or friends? Often the wish to have said or done more for those we loved and lost, lingers. If I could see them one last time, what would I say? What would they say to me? What might I ask them? Is […]
Join award-winning Catherine Ann Jones on ZOOM Nov 7-8
A Self Healing Workshop Nov 7-8 on Zoom The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion. Paulo Coehlo, The Alchemist Karma means action. Not praying for blessings or good health, but working for them. You make your own karma every moment. – Pico Iyer Self-Healing Workshop […]
At the Threshold of What is to Come
At the Threshold of What is to Come That men from one universal brotherhood, that they spring from one common origin, that their individual lives, their nations and races, interbreed and blend and go on to merge again at last in one common human destiny upon this little planet amidst the stars. What will […]
The Horrific Backstory of Oscar-winning epic romance, Ryan’s Daughter
Last evening, I invited two friends over, with social distancing, to view legendary director David Lean’s epic romance, Ryan’s Daughter which I had not seen since its 1970 release. The 3- hour film is still a memorable classic with stunning performances by Robert Mitchum, Sarah Miles, Christopher Jones, Trevor Howard, and John Mills. And written […]
Yes to Life!
YES to LIFE! Swimming laps this morning under blue skies in an almost Olympic-size pool, something swirled in my chest and inwardly sang, “Yes to Life’. And I made of list of all there is to be grateful for such as family, friends, health, and a creative life. Creativity transcends pandemics. For several years […]
C-Virus: a time for gratitude & compassion
C-Virus: a time for gratitude & compassion Someone sent me a poem that seems to capture the essence of the warrior commitment. Called “Birdfoot’s Grampa,” the poem is about a boy and his grandfather who are driving on a country road in a rainstorm. The grandfather keeps stopping the car and getting out to scoop […]
Time to Pause and Reflect
Perhaps a necessary response to this pandemic is that the earth itself is asking human civilization to slow down, to pause and reflect. Jupiter, Saturn, and Pluto have not all been together in Capricorn for over 700 years! Looking at the shadow side of Capricorn becomes a pressing situation…. In the year 2020, three major planetary […]
Isn’t It Time to Honor Your Story?
“A true writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for others.” – Thomas Mann A Personal Note: We are all facing a challenging time with the C-Virus yet in its wake is given the gift of time. Perhaps to honor your story. Apart from my own writing […]
The Passing of Missy Prissy
For all those who have loved & lost pets as they will understand. – Catherine Ann Jones I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little they become its visible soul. Jean Cocteau As a former owner of three cats at various times in my life, I entertained the idea of breaking […]
Zoom Way of Story Sat, May 2, 10-12 noon
Join us Sat May 2, for The Way of Story workshop, 10-12 noon on ZOOM. The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time. – Mary Oliver (1935-2019) You are invited to […]
The Gift of Solitude
The Gift of Solitude The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work, who felt their own creative power restive and uprising, and gave to it neither power nor time. Mary Oliver (1935-2019) It is a silver morning like any other. I am at my desk. Then the […]
Strange Times
Strange times. Though certainly this time is serious and care most be taken, it is rather wonderful to have extended time to read and watch good films. Finding it preferable to read spiritual books before bedtime. Last night read this excerpt and thought I’d share it: “Things will come and pass on. They do not […]
The Perfect Gift for That Special Someone
Gypsy Card Readings & Horoscope Card readings are a perfect gift for that special someone “You are a world-class wisdom keeper for our times.” Gypsy Card Readings with Catherine Ann Jones https://www.wayofstory.com/Gypsy Card Readings via phone or in person Just wanted to tell you that your reading was incredibly accurate in ways I couldn’t […]
W. B. Yeats and Harry Potter
The William Butler Yeats exhibition at the National Library of Ireland Recently invited to Dublin gave me the gift of a truly magical week, meeting many Irish poets, playwrights, and actors. I was also researching settings for a reincarnation action- romance screenplay set in Ireland that I wrote some years ago. Optioned 3 x but not […]
Join me in a new course Nov 5-8, 2019 in Ojai, CA
Krotona School, Nov 5-8, 10AM-Noon daily Integrating the Spiritual with Everyday Life with Catherine Ann Jones There is no life without consciousness; there is no consciousness without life. Annie Besant Many of us are born with the search for God or Truth deeply embedded within. This begins a pilgrim’s progress towards the goal of […]
Writing the Self
Writing the Self “I write in order to discover myself.” – Maya Angelou Click on link: Remaining 2019 Schedule Aug 21-25 Sequoia National Park: Far Horizons, https://farhorizons.co/aug-21-25-2019-catherine-jones/ Sept 25-28 San Luis Obispo, CA, www.centralcoastwritersconference.com Oct 2-16 Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow Nov 5-8 Ojai: Integrating the Spiritual with Everyday Life, Krotona Institute KrotonaInstitute.org Nov […]
A Lover’s Quarrel with the Writing
Having a lover’s quarrel with the writing. On again. Off again spurts of creativity. Addiction to television binges. At least with so many choices today: Netflix, Amazon, Cable TV, one can choose good viewing. Fleabag on Amazon, Endeavour on PBS, Planet Earth on Netflix. Happiness is a large flat screen television, cushy leather couch, […]
Summer-Fall Schedule
“People without hope do not write books.” Margaret Atwood Six DailyOM Online courses link on home page of www.wayofstory.com Now over 52,000 subscribers to online courses by Catherine Ann Jones 2019 SUMMER-FALL SCHEDULE Aug 21-25 Sequoia National Park: Far Horizons, https://farhorizons.co/aug-21-25-2019-catherine-jones/ Sept 26-28 […]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 16-21, 2019
Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 16-21, 2019 Home Register Catherine Ann Jones The Way of Story Integrative approaches to writing narrative Monday, June 17 9:00-11:30 AM El Cabrillo Room The Way of Story offers an integrative approach to writing narrative—both fiction and nonfiction—including plays, screenplays, short stories, novels, and memoir. “We’ve become lopsided living […]
“Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
For three decades now, I have had parallel careers as a professional writer and a graduate teacher as well as leading writing workshops both here and abroad. For some years, I taught playwriting at The New School University in New York City then graduate screenwriting at U.S.C. Film Dept. in Los Angeles. Eager to become […]
Transformational Writing for Personal and Global Healing
Announcing new online course with award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones https://dailyom.com/cgi-bin/courses/courseoverview.cgi?cid=83 Your story is not written in stone. It changes as your perspective changes. Today, in modern life, a fragmentation separates most […]
Way of Story workshop in Ojai, CA, Sat, March 16
THE WAY OF STORY in OJAI with Catherine Ann Jones Saturday, March 16, 2019 (10-4pm) “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The Way of Story offers […]
Way of Story workshop in Ojai, CA
Isn’t it time to honor your story? THE WAY OF STORY in OJAI with Catherine Ann Jones Saturday, March 16, 2019 (10-4pm) “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The […]
To Thy Own Self be True
Inspired Writers at the Esalen Institute Annually, I present The Way of Story workshops at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA and other places. The above photo is a group of inspired writers writing in various narrative forms including novels, plays, screenplays, non-fiction including memoir. For some years, I taught graduate screenwriting at […]
Happy Holidays 2018
Happy Holidays 2018 “Be joyful though you have considered all the facts.” Wendell Berry Ojai remains a peaceful oasis in the swirling chaos of today. A highlight in August was a week’s visit from my older grandson, Raj, now fourteen. Asked how his week in Ojai was, he responded, “Crazy good!” The young give […]
The Way of Story at Esalen in Big Sur, CA
The Way of Story at Esalen in Big Sur, CA This was the sixteenth year teaching The Way of Story: the craft & soul of writing at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA. Esalen is an oasis in today’s chaotic world. Sometimes whales and dolphins and otters are seen daily while dining or soaking […]
The Way of Story in Ojai, Sat, Sept 22, 2018
THE WAY OF STORY in OJAI with Catherine Ann Jones Saturday, Sept 22 (10-4pm) “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” – Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The Way of Story offers an integrative approach […]
The Way of Story in Ojai, Sat, Sept 22, 2018
THE WAY OF STORY in OJAI with Catherine Ann Jones Saturday, Sept 22 (10-4pm) “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition. -Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The Way of Story offers an integrative approach to writing […]
Guide to a Creative Life
Here is an excerpt from my first book, The Way of Story: “The most regretful people on earth are those who felt the call to creative work and gave to it neither power nor time.” – Mary Oliver At the Esalen Institute and elsewhere, I found those receptive to an alternative approach to […]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 17-22
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Santa Barbara Writers Conference June 17-22
June 17-22, 2018 Home Register Hotel Faculty Speakers Panels Agents Schedule Catherine Ann Jones The Way of Story Integrative approaches to writing narrative Monday, June 18 9:00-11:30 AM El Cabrillo The Way of Story offers an integrative approach to writing narrative—both fiction and nonfiction—including plays, screenplays, short stories, novels, and memoir.“We’ve become lopsided living only […]
Freud’s Oracle in Ojai, May 26-27, 3 Performances Only
Freud’s Oracle in Ojai 3 Performances Only “Catherine Ann Jones’ artful work not only pays tribute to the past but is a true gift to the future.” Freud’s Oracle in Ojai May 26 & 27 at Underground Exchange 1016 W. Ojai Ave/ Del Norte Ojai, CA 93023Sat 2pm & 7pm & Sun 2pmSuggested Donation $15-$20 […]
Heal Yourself with Writing online course with 30,000 subscribers
DailyOM Online Course Spotlight Also Available on amazon.com as book, Kindle, or Audible For Online Course Heal Yourself with Writing by Catherine Ann Jones Our life experiences are determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. There is a Native American parable about a grandfather who says, “I feel as […]
The Importance of Storytelling
Our culture doesn’t think storytelling is sacred; we don’t set aside a time of year for it. We don’t hold anything sacred except what organized religion declares to be so. Artists pursue a sacred call, although some would buck and rear at having their work labeled like this. Artists are lucky to have a form […]
From the Fires of Ojai, CA
OJAI Sometimes writing must be set aside for survival. And what a lively learning survival is! Last month my home flooded and I have had to vacate for two months while the interior of my home is being re-constructed. It takes a village to re-build a home. First came the flood then came fire […]
Film History is also Our History
The Ojai International Film Festival Nov 2-12, 2017 This is my seventeenth year as a final judge for the Ojai Film Festival. Due to accessibility and cost- effective technology, more and more independent films – both narrative and documentary- are being made today. Also, more film submissions from all over the world are seen, demonstrating […]
Transformational Writing for Personal and Global Healing
Transformational Writing for Personal and Global Healing Listen. Make a way for yourself inside yourself. Rumi Today, in modern life, a fragmentation separates most of us from our central core or soul. With all our outer progress, perhaps something has been lost which earlier cultures knew to value: the soul connection. Accessing and […]
Online Courses are Here to Stay!
Heal Yourself with Writing by Catherine Ann Jones Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. You are invited to come aboard this inner adventure that offers a step by step journey of discovery and re-visioning through focused journaling. Throughout the eight sessions, you will be engaged […]
Writing Changes Everything
Writing Changes Everything The hardest part is sitting down. Catherine Ann Jones There are many necessary shifts as we get older, and this can often be quite confusing. For instance, if one’s mind is active and feels no older than twenty-eight, it comes as something of a shock when the body does not follow […]
Looking Back, Growing Forward
New York, 1970s Looking Back, Growing Forward by Catherine Ann Jones We learn from all those mentors who go before. The debt is large and the only way to re-pay this debt is to pay it forward in our work and teaching. While researching through my papers for a book I’m currently writing, a […]
Stories Come from Unexpected Places
Stories Come from Unexpected Places “It is a still stranger thing that there is nothing so delightful in the world as telling stories.” Virginia Woolf A therapist friend challenged me to write children’s stories taken from my own childhood memories. He further asked me to come every so often and share these stories […]
A Clarion Call for Creativity
A Clarion Call for Creativity The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. Joseph Campbell In response to the political turmoil of 2016, which left so many of us dispirited, arose a clarion call for democracy. Democratic freedom was threatened and America responded with group-centered response and courageous resilience. This movement is […]
A Time of Uncertainty
John Keats A Time of Uncertainty by Catherine Ann Jones “Awakening: self-giving in the hope of honest self-realization.” In a debate with the English Poet and philosopher, Coleridge, poet John Keats defended a willingness to embrace uncertainty, live with mystery, and make peace with ambiguity. He called this willingness to embrace […]
Isn’t It Time to Honor Your Story?
“A true writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for others.” – Thomas Mann “My job is to focus on how to make the book or script better and accessible to a wide audience without betraying the author’s vision.” Catherine Ann Jones, Writing Consultant Writers […]
Writers Conference and Workshops
Every six months in Ojai, CA, I offer a Way of Story Sat workshop for small groups. Some return again and again using the 1-day experiential workshop as a jump start for their own writing. (Register early for Discount!) THE WAY OF STORY in OJAI with Catherine Ann Jones Saturday, March 11 (10-4pm) […]
The Need for Catharsis
It is the time for viewing Oscar screeners before voting. With few exceptions, I find less and less films I wish to see, let alone hail for an Oscar. So far, the best (in my opinion) is Lion, a moving film set in Calcutta and Australia, about a lost child adopted by Australian parents and […]
Play Productions & Awards
Awards & Productions of the Plays of Catherine Ann Jones (formerly Katherine Rao) Freud’s Oracle (published 2016; available on amazon.com) The Ojai Retreat, Ojai, CA, Krotona Institute, Ojai, CA Creativity and Madness, Santa Fe, NM https://www.wayofstory.com/freuds-oracle-standing-ovation-santa-fe-nm/ Women of Resilience, New Orleans, LA Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, CA http://www.pacifica.edu/current-public/item/freuds-oracle April 13, 2018: C.G. Jung […]
“Look out! Watch! Listen! A dream is dreaming through you.”
A Conversation between P. L. Travers (Mary Poppins) & Laurens Van Der Post (The Heart of the Hunter) Travers: I wonder when everyone there has a gun and a television set, what will happen to the ancient lore? Only today I was reading of the increasing number of suicides among those who leave the wild […]
From Iran to California: Group Sharing with Way of Story and Heal Your Self with Writing
Some while back, I received an email from Iran with photo of a new publication of my first book, The Way of Story: the craft & soul of writing. (My publishers knew nothing of this pirated edition.) It was a beautiful cover and the email came from one who had purchased the Iranian version of […]
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays 2016! “Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.” — Guillaume Apollinaire What a year! What is true? What is false? The soul is challenged in a thousand ways. And yet, life continues to amaze. My latest publication, Freud’s Oracle, has […]
Light & Shadow
Many of us are stunned by the recent campaign and presidential election results. And, inevitably, there is a strong pull to enter the darker side and succumb to fear, hate, and even some kind of violence. When structures outlive their use, they will turn to shadow and destruct, allowing eventually for the new to come. […]
Writers: Seek Inspiration from all the Arts
Years ago I was invited to stay at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, NM in order to write. The contrast from living in New York City to the land of enchantment was liberating! Once there, I fell in love with New Mexico’s Sangre de Cristo Mountains and promptly joined with two other artists staying there […]
California Central Coast Writers Conference 2016
Pismo Beach, CA The California Central Coast Writers Conference has been around for thirty-two years yet this was my first time to be invited to teach there. Though the conference was held on College Campus in San Luis Obispo (SLO is what the natives call their lovely town), both faculty and out of town […]
Esalen 2016 – Whales & Writers Abound!
Esalen Institute hosts The Way of Story with Catherine Ann Jones For fifteen years now, I have returned every August to the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA to teach writing workshops. They come from Cuba, CA, NY, S. Africa, Paris, France, Philadelphia, and Texas, too. The common link is writing – both professionals and […]
Freud’s Oracle: Standing Ovation in Santa Fe, NM
Just returned from the Creativity & Madness Conference in Santa Fe, NM where I presented my new play, Freud’s Oracle, to an audience of psychiatrists, neuro-scientists, and psycho-therapists from all over the world, some 600 participants. The play re-creates a two- year analysis the American poet, H.D. had with Sigmund Freud, Vienna, 1933. Freud’s Oracle, […]
Way of Story Online Writing Course
WAY OF STORY ONLINE WRITING COURSE DailyOM Way of Story Course Join award-winning author/playwright/screenwriter and global writing teacher Catherine Ann Jones This course is for all forms of narrative fiction and non-fiction, including memoir, and plays and screenplays. Here are some excerpts from The Way of Story book available on Amazon and Kindle. For live workshops […]
What Keeps Writers & Teachers Going
Sometimes writers and teachers get tired of being the one having a different take on life and writing, and may wonder if it worth the trials to keep on keeping on. Then, out of the blue, angels sing and the universe responds with awards or rise in sales of courses or books, or a letter […]
New Dimensions Radio Interview
http://www.newdimensions.org/healing-through-focused-journaling-with-catherine-ann-jones/ Sign In | Sign Out Healing Through Focused Journaling with Catherine Ann Jones Posted on May 14, 2014 by New Dimensions in Interviews Jones gives practical advice as to how we can engage in deep inner work through focused journaling. She shares exercises that can act as powerful […]
Freud’s Oracle Reviews
Freud’s Oracle, written and performed by award-winning actor-playwright Catherine Ann Jones, is a one-person play about the American poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle 1886-1961) and her relationship with Sigmund Freud. H.D. suffered great personal losses and a nervous breakdown due to the Great War, becoming Freud’s patient in 1933 due to an increasing paranoia about the rise […]
The Women of Cedar Creek Reviews
The Women of Cedar Creek (NY Drama League Award & The Beverly Hills Theatre Guild Award) by Catherine Ann Jones is a very earnest drama about the inability to preserve a vanishing era of family history giving the audience a lesson in bereavement, the realization of mortality, and the consequences of addressing the skeletons in the […]
Calamity Jane the Play Review
Calamity Jane the Play Calamity Jane the Musical Calamity Jane, a musical combining the Wild West with a bittersweet mother-daughter drama…this high quality show explores the myths and truths of Calamity Jane with clever lyrics and musical appeal…You’ll be humming its songs for days! – Atlantic City Press Catherine Ann Jones’s libretto offers a […]
Literacy Gumbo: Catherine Ann Jones Interview
Literary Gumbo: Catherine Ann Jones from Literary Gumbo on Vimeo. Playwrighter Catherine Ann Jones sits down with host Fred Klein to talk about her new play Freud’s Oracle. One of her previous plays, The Women of Cedar Creek, has had a recent reprise.
Two Plays Opening This Week in S. CA
“https://player.vimeo.com/video/161130951″ for television interview with the author It’s so confirming as a playwright to know that something you wrote thirty years ago is as relevant today as when it was first written and produced. Several productions later, The Women of Cedar Creek still makes audiences laugh out loud and be moved to tears in the same […]
Consider One Word Titles for Books & Movies
As Oscar Night looms (February 28th this year, 2016), might be interesting to ponder how many Movies have won Best Picture that have one-word titles. Might be fun to first guess then look at this list at Oscar-winners over the years: One-word Best Picture winners Amadeus Argo Ben-Hur (yes, hyphens are cool) Braveheart Casablanca Cavalcade […]
Return from India, Jetlag, and Keats
John Keats (1795–1821) Recently returned from two weeks in India where I embarked upon a solitary retreat sans phone, sans Netflix, sans friends. It is necessary and sometimes wonderful to sit for days in silence and ponder – though often a bit terrifying. Returned home with a deep gratitude for […]
Pilgrimage to India
Albert Camus once said, “What gives value to travel is fear. It breaks down a kind of inner structure we have. Far from our own people, our own language, stripped of all our props, deprived of our masks, we are completely on the surface of ourselves.” Fear brings an added dimension in today’s world […]
Audio Book Launch Nov 2015
Heal Your Self with Writing and What Story Are You Living? now available on amazon.com, audible.com, & iTunes. For books by Catherine Ann Jones, Kindle, or audio versions: Buy now from Amazon I was persuaded to read the books myself which took me back to New York and my acting […]
Interview with Catherine Ann Jones, Friday Nov 6, 2016
Interview with Sharkie http://www.healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveSP.htm Friday, 11/6 at 10:00 a.m. on HealthyLife.Net All Positive Talk Radio Home The Monday after the airing the show will be available in the archives for immediate listening and downloads for three months. http://www.healthylife.net/RadioShow/archiveSP.htm
The Way of Story at Rowe Center, Massachusetts
From Santa Barbara, CA, it took three planes to reach Hartford, Conn. where I was met and one and a half hour later was in a remote, rural autumnal setting in Rowe, MA. The leaves were just beginning to turn and the nearby Mill pond beckoned. It is dusk, the sacred hour…that silent pause between […]
Inner Knowledge leads to Outer Success
To Thine Own Self Be True: Inner Knowledge leads to Outer Success by Catherine Ann Jones This week watching the Golden Globes Award, it struck me how most often those that succeed in Hollywood and other areas of achievement have one thing in common. They know who they are and often from a very young age […]
Review for What Story Are You Living?
As an award-winning writer and teacher, Catherine Ann Jones brings not only a wealth of practical tools for the writer but healing balm for anyone’s soul. Catherine has taught aspiring writers in all genres at venues including Esalen with outstanding results and now with the publication of What Story Are You Living? brings her healing […]
OJAI WAY OF STORY
OJAI WAY OF STORY with Catherine Ann Jones Saturday, Sept 5, 2015 (10-4pm) “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” […]
On Writing Memoir
On Writing Memoir Life is a face of truth, mirroring back to us, ourselves. – Catherine Ann Jones, The Way of Story It is the ‘Age of Memoir’. The rise of interest in memoir recognizes the power of the genre to move and affect not just individual readers but society at large. The story that […]
Summer Teaching, Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Esalen, etc.
Yes, tis summer and I have just returned from my annual gig at Santa Barbara Writers Conference (June every year). One of the better organized writers conferences which cover not only craft but the business of writing as well. Agents & editors from New York are flown in to give hope, inspiration, and caution to […]
What Story Are You Living
What Story Are You Living? by award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones for all commonly used eBook platforms, such as Apple iBook, Barnes & Noble Nook, Amazon Kindle etc. For more info: www.www.wayofstory.com or www.amazon.com ($2.99) Please post a short blurb on Amazon. Excerpt from this new book: “Our lives may be determined less by past […]
Free Talk & Book Signing,Ojai Library with author Catherine Ann Jones
One Writer’s Journey with award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones Once in East Africa, on the shores of an ancient lake, I sat alone and suddenly it struck me what community is. It is gathering around a fire and listening to someone tell us a story. – Bill Moyers I have been invited […]
The Way of Story in San Juan Capistrano, CA, Sat, May 23
BOOKSTORE PROUDLY PRESENTS: “The Way of Story” The Craft and Soul of Writing (for all forms of narrative writing & all levels) An integrated approach to writing narrative. No other writing workshop offers the solid craft that guarantees a good story along with the intangible inner dimensions of writing. Join award-winning author/playwright/screenwriter/global teacher Catherine Ann Jones […]
2015 Ojai WordFest “Literary Legend” award on Saturday April 25th
Just notified that I will be given the 2015 Ojai WordFest “Literary Legend” award on Saturday April 25th. It’s always a surprise when awards come to honor the writing or teaching. And a moment of doubt arises “Do I really deserve this award?” It doesn’t matter how many awards come, the surprise and momentary doubt […]
What Story Are You Living? from April 1, 2015 – ebooks only
What Story Are You Living? by award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones will be available April 2015 on …for all commonly used eBook platforms, such as Apple iBook, Barnes & Noble Nook, Amazon Kindle etc. For more info: www.www.wayofstory.com “Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. […]
The Women of Cedar Creek in Ojai, CA, April 12, 2015
at The Ojai Retreat, 160 Besant Rd, Ojai, CA 93023 April 12, 2015, Sunday, 6:45pm (All donations to benefit The Ojai Retreat’s new outdoor events center) “What you seek for half your life, one day you come full upon, all the family at dinner. You […]
One Writer’s Journey, April 2, Ojai, CA
One Writer’s Journey with award-winning author Catherine Ann Jones Once in East Africa, on the shores of an ancient lake, I sat alone and suddenly it struck me what community is. It is gathering around a fire and listening to someone tell us a story. – Bill Moyers I have […]
The Power & Way of Story: Neuroscience suggests that the classic dramatic arc can change our brains and spur us to action.
For thousands of years, we’ve known intuitively that stories alter our thinking and, in turn, the way we engage with the world. But only recently has research begun to shed light on how this transformation takes place from inside. Using modern technology like functional MRI scanning, scientists are tackling age-old questions: What kind of effect […]
The Way of Story workshop in Ojai, CA (March 14, Sat, 10-4pm)
THE WAY OF STORY in OJAI with Catherine Ann Jones Saturday, March 14, 2015 (10-4pm) “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” – Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The Way of Story offers an integrative […]
The Rewards of Being a Writer
As a rule, writers don’t write just to create income anymore than we are called to teach only to make money. (Though when a project succeeds, we won’t refuse the monetary rewards either.) I’d like to share with you a few examples that demonstrates the rewards of being a writer.I remember when I was first […]
What Coming Home to Pacifica Means to Me
Invited to present a talk on my latest book and workshop, Heal Your Self with Writing, at my alma mater, Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, CA. January 16-18, 2015, speakers were asked to write a short piece for this Alumni Gathering on ‘What Coming Home Means to Me’ so thought I’d share this piece […]
The Perfect Gift: a Gypsy Card Reading with Catherine
Gypsy Card Readings with Catherine Ann Jones “Catherine showed me how to find my way out of the darkness and into the light.” “You are a world-class wisdom keeper for our times.” “Catherine is an amazing guide!” “Catherine offers sound spirit guidance through her readings to help navigate these rapidly accelerating times.” “Thank you so […]
Catherine Ann Jones at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Jan 16-18, 2015
“Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” – Catherine Ann Jones, NY Times interview Catherine holds a graduate degree in Mythology and Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute, where she also taught. She is an award-winning author, playwright, and screenwriter, whose films include […]
Palm Springs Writers Guild: Dec 13-14, 2014
December Meeting w/ Renowned Screenwriter & Writing Consultant Catherine Ann Jones When Saturday, December 13, 2014; Dec 14 Way of Story workshop, 10-2pm 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Location Rancho Mirage Library, Rancho Mirage CA The Way of Story In and Beyond Hollywood presented by Screenwriter, Author & Writing Consultant Catherine Ann Jones On […]
Judging the Ojai Film Festival 2014
Ojai Film Festival 2014 The theme of our Ojai Film Festival is “Enriching the Human Spirit Through Film” and that is why for fourteen years, I have been a final judge for this particular film festival. No gratuitous violence or sex graces the screens at this festival. Each year we open with a free premiere […]
Werner Herzoz and daring to try
Werner Herzog is celebrated as one of the most influential and innovative filmmakers of our time, but his ascent to acclaim was far from a straight trajectory from privilege to power. Abandoned by his father at an early age, Herzog survived a WWII bombing that demolished the house next door to his childhood home and […]
CALAMITY JANE RIDES AGAIN!
Calamity Jane rides again! “I saw Calamity Jane on Sunday and I can’t stop thinking about it. It was as perfect a show as I’ve ever seen on our stage. What a cast! I couldn’t add more superlatives without heaping superlatives on superlatives. It was absolutely the most enjoyable theatre experience I’ve had in years.” […]
Esalen, Earthquakes, & Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA Just returned from a terrific 5-days at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA where every August I teach The Way of Story: the craft & soul of writing workshop. Here a group of aspiring writers met in Big Sur at Esalen Institute, bathed blissfully in sulphur baths overlooking the Pacific […]
The Price of Genius: Robin Williams
The Price of Genius: Robin Williams The “crack” is where the light shines through! Asked to write for Psychology Today blog about Robin Williams, I wrote an article based on my talk earlier this month at the Creativity & Madness Conference. The talk was mainly about Virginia Woolf and her struggle with madness in a […]
Santa Fe: Creativity & Madness Conference 2014
Santa Fe, New Mexico Just returned from a stimulating stay in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Invited to stay with friends, I took this photo of their courtyard lotus pond with koi fish. When not attending the Conference, I would lay in a hammock and watch the pond, the varied show of passing clouds, and […]
Summer Workshops in CA
Catherine Ann Jones Heal Your Self with Writing workshop in Ojai, CA Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. Expressing and listening to one’s own life story is an ancient mode of healing. So how do we learn to listen more to the stories that heal? […]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference aftermath
Santa Barbara Writers Conference is an annual six-day writers conference, now in its 42nd year. The ghost of sci-fi author Ray Bradbury seemed hovering as though his recent death would not deter his presence as he had come every year for so many years. A few years ago, the Conference was about to go under […]
Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA every August
The Way of Story, Aug 17-22, 2014 (and every August!) at Esalen in Big Sur, CA Experiencing Esalen: Fire under Water Awoke early at 4 a.m. and was pulled to the window. The ebb and flow of the ocean resounded gently, providing comfort. I […]
Heal Your Self with Writing wins Nautilus Book Award
A few days ago, I learned from my publisher that Heal Your Self with Writing had been awarded a Nautilus Book Award for 2014. So often the best news arrives unasked and unexpected. It’s as if when you least expect it, the gods smile, confirming you are doing exactly what you were meant to do […]
The importance of reading well
Of late, I discover that I would rather read than write, rather watch good movies than write another screenplay. A twinge of guilt but then I remind myself how important it is for writers to read well – regardless of the form of fiction or non-fiction they choose to write. There is an intimacy of […]
On the Edge: the final years of Virginia Woolf wins NEA award
On the Edge: the final years of Virginia Woolf wins the N.E.A. AWARD A Note from the Playwright: Sometimes story ideas may arise from what happens to us in our own lives. Yet they usually connect with something felt within. I was still acting then and had been cast to play Virginia Woolf in […]
Waking Universe interviews Catherine Ann Jones on “Heal Your Self with Writing”
Waking Universe’ Lance Mungia interviews Catherine Ann Jones September 24, 2013
On the Road in Marin County, CA March 2014
Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA Talk & Book Signing. Great independent Book Store drawing large crowds for book signings and audiences with intelligent questions. Good to know that folks in this country are reading and thinking! Dana is the manager of Book Passage and we enjoyed discovering that our first career was acting. Once an […]
Online course: Heal Yourself with Writing #2 best selling online course!
Online Course: Heal Yourself with Writing CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Heal Yourself with Writing by Catherine Ann Jones Already enrolled? 8 Week Course for only $25 (1 lesson per week) (This is the total amount for all 8 lessons) 2,800 people have taken this course This is an 8 week on-line course available from DailyOM […]
The Way of Story in Ojai (Sat, April 5, 2014)
THE WAY OF STORY in OJAI with Catherine Ann Jones Saturday, April 5, 2014 10-4pm “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” – Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The Way of Story offers an integrative […]
Heal Your Self with Writing in Kuwait, Feb 2014
Heal Your Self with Writing in Kuwait with Catherine Ann Jones Kuwait, Feb 2014 Human nature is amazingly the same yet totally diverse at the same time. I am never bored with teaching and grateful to my many students all over the world and writing consultant clients over the decades who allow […]
The Way of Story in Malibu, April 26-27, 2014
Join me for The Way of Story in Malibu, Sat-Sun, 10-4pm, April 26-27, 2014 Isn’t it time to honor your story? Join award-wining writer Catherine Jones for an inspirational two day workshop “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with inner world […]
The Bill Hammond “Piece of Mind” Radio Show”: Featuring Catherine Ann Jones
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Soulstream with Rev. Kristin Powell: Featuring Catherine Ann Jones
Rev. Kristin Powell of the Unity.FM interviews Catherine Ann Jones. [ca_audio url_mp3=”http://www.unity.fm/showdownload/Soulstream_121813/Soulstream_121813.mp3?allow=true” url_ogg=”OGGURL” css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player” autoplay=”false” download=”false” html5=”true” skin= “small”] MP3 – 59:50 (Click to play) Heal Your Self with Writing Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Join Rev. Kristin and her guest, award-winning playwright, author, and Touched by an Angel screenwriter Catherine Ann Jones. In this interview, they explore powerful, transformative writing exercises from Catherine’s […]
End of the year and the Grateful Dead
Ojai, CA 2014 The Grateful Dead lines from the revolutionary sixties might currently apply to some of us; that “once in a while you can get shown the light / In the strangest of places if you look at it right.” The last few months have been a terrific challenge with the death of a […]
Featured guest post on Jung and Hindu Philosophy at AllConsidering.com
Atma, Self and Individuation – Jungian Psychology and the Advaita Vedanta Philosophy March 19, 2013 in Hinduism and India, Spiritual Growth “Consciousness going out towards objects is mind. That which turns towards the Self is pure Satva.” —Sri Atmananda{1} In 1938, C. G. Jung on his only trip to India was scheduled to travel south […]
Judging the Ojai Film Festival Nov 7-14, 2014
Ojai Film Festival Nov 7-14, 2014 When Steve Grumette asked me to be a judge for a new Film Festival in its then first year, little did I realize that 14 years later I’d still be doing this. The reason why is simple. The Ojai Film Festival is not just another film festival. It holds […]
ForeWord Reviews “Heal Your Self with Writing”
During the month of November Heal Your Self With Writing was selected as the lead title by ForeWord magazine for their “Write a Novel Month” feature and is prominently displayed on here. Heal Your Self with Writing ForeWord Review — Fall 2013 This accomplished writer’s “focused journaling” exercises encourage self-discovery. Catherine Ann Jones’ first book, The Way of […]
2014 Schedule for Catherine Ann Jones
2014 Schedule for Catherine Ann Jones Feb 12-16 Kuwait Feb 28 Interview by Justine Toms, New Directions, www.newdimensions.org March 1 Talk & Signing, Book Passages, Corte Madera, 1pm March 8 Way of Story in Ojai, CA, Sat, 10-4pm March 13 www.ojairetreat.org/ A Matter of Heart doc film of Jung April 5 Ojai, CA, www.www.wayofstory.com […]
Free talk in Santa Barbara, Nov 14, 2014
Thurs, Nov 14: Catherine Ann Jones Leave a reply Screenwriters Association of Santa Barbara Presents “The Way of Story in and beyond Hollywood” With Catherine Ann Jones Thursday, November 14, 7 pm Brooks Institute 27 East Cota Street Downtown Santa Barbara (805) 617-4503 FREE and open to everyone! Catherine Ann Jones holds a graduate degree […]
“Literary Gumbo” TV Interview with Fred Klein, October 10, 2013
Literary Gumbo: Catherine Ann Jones from Literary Gumbo on Vimeo. Catherine Ann Jones www.wayofstory.com discusses her new book, Heal Your Self with Writing, with host Fred Klein. They also talk about Catherine’s career as an actress, screenwriter, writing teacher, and author of The Way of Story.
Workshop at Krotona Institute, November 1-3
SOUL DIALOGUES: Getting In Touch With the Inner Visionary November 1-3 Friday 7:30-9 PM, Saturday 10-noon, 2-4 PM, Sunday 10-noon at Krotona Institute, School of Theosophy 46 Krotona Hill, Ojai, CA 93023 T: 646-1139 email: schoolinfo@krotonainstitute.org REGISTER NOW Listen. Make a way for yourself inside yourself. […]
Far from the Madding Crowd: The Importance of Retreats
Big Sur, California: The Esalen Institute, August 2013 where I teach one or both workshops: The Way of Story and Heal Your Self with Writing, annually every August. Life gets faster reducing our down time more each year. Though man is a social being, to be at his best, times of retreat and turning inward […]
Audio interview with Jeff Ferrannini of www.Planetary-Spirit.com
Jeff Ferrannini of the Planetary Spirit interviews Catherine Ann Jones. [ca_audio url_mp3=”http://planetary-spirit.net/mp3s/CatherineAJones09-05.mp3″ url_ogg=”OGGURL” css_class=”codeart-google-mp3-player” autoplay=”false” download=”false” html5=”true” skin= “small”] MP3 – 59:50 (Click to play) Catherine Ann Jones is featured on the Guests Page of the Planetary Spirit website.
The Way of Story: Reviews
“Catherine Ann Jones’s focus, clarity, and gentle but spot-on reactions help identify the weak or lazy spots in your writing. Thank God! She is the elevator of purpose — Joan Buck, “Vanity Fair” “A safe place in which to discover oneself as a writer. Great exercises which open up a deeper process while learning the essential […]
“Heal Your Self with Writing”, Hard Copy reviews
“This is so much more than a book on writing. It is a guide to the soul’s journey, with Catherine Ann Jones as a compassionate teacher and wise companion along the way.” — Dr. Betty Sue Flowers, Series Consultant / Editor, “Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth” “Heal Your Self with Writing is much more […]
Heal Your Self with Writing at the Ojai Retreat, Sept 27-29
Heal Your Self with Writing at the Ojai Retreat, September 27-29, 2013. Click here for information
The Writing Cure
Why Talk Therapy Is on the Wane and Writing Workshops Are on the Rise “A generation ago, when “Annie Hall” won the Oscar for Best Picture, talk therapy occupied a prominent place in our collective imagination, whether or not you partook. If you wanted to spend several hours a week baring your soul to a […]
“Insights are more powerful than the reader first realizes” – new “The Way of Story” book review from Amazon.com
4.0 out of 5 stars “Insights are more powerful than the reader first realizes.” August 21, 2013 By Patriece McGuinnis Format:Paperback During my first “skim-thru” I thought there was some things i might use at some point, but the REAL MIRACLE happened when I sat down and read it in chronological order, and took the time to […]
Heal Your Self with Writing has launched!
Just back from teaching at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA – a very special place to heal and expand. Dolphins, whales, otters, slow flying groups of pelicans who fly pass so close, you can almost reach out your hand and touch them! Hot Sulfur Spring Hot Tubs where you sit and dream […]
Purchase Catherine Ann Jones Books and DVDs Online
Catherine Ann Jones books and DVDs are available online. Follow these links to purchase.
Heal Your Self with Writing launches Aug-Sept 2013
Having your book published is a little like putting a message in a bottle then tossing it into the ocean. Heal Your Self with Writing launches this week, so here goes!!! Have been doing several radio interviews organized by the publicist. The only problem is so far they are all live from the East […]
Heal Your Self with Writing at Rancho del Malibu – October 12, 2013
Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. If we learn how to re-frame the pieces of our past and rewrite our life story so that our pain becomes meaningful, we can radically boost our chances of healing, empowerment, growth and transformation. Focused journaling is an extremely powerful way to achieve that aim. No previous writing experience is necessary.
Review for Heal Your Self with Writing by New Paradigm Digest
If you are ready to let go of your past blocks, heal your wounds, and begin living your soul’s calling, then Heal Your Self With Writing may be the book you’ve been waiting for! Few writers have the ability to heal and fewer still have that intent. Catherine Ann Jones delivers. Perhaps it’s time for […]
Heal Your Self With Writing – Amazon VINE VOICE™ Review
I had the good fortune to take a journal writing workshop with the playwright and screenwriter Catherine Ann Jones. In the course of the four-day workshop, I filled several composition books with enthusiastic notes from her teachings and wild revelations prompted by her focused journal writing exercises. Much to my great delight, Catherine Ann Jones’ new book, “Heal Your Self with Writing,” distills everything I scribbled in my notebooks, and reminds me again how journaling can help us to see our life story from a more cosmic, universal perspective.
Preparing for Heal Your Self with Writing Book Launch with radio & tv interviews
Having your book published is a little like putting a message in a bottle then tossing it into the ocean. Heal Your Self with Writing launches today, so here goes!!! Several radio interviews have been organized by publicist. The only problem is so far they are all live from the East Coast so this morning […]
The Way of Story at Esalen, August 11 – 16, 2013
The Way of Story offers an integrative approach to writing narrative, combining solid craft with experiential inner discovery. Craft alone is not enough. No other writing workshop offers the solid craft to guarantee a good story along with the intangible inner dimensions of writing.
This unique workshop is for writers of all levels & all narrative forms including plays, screenplays, stories, novels, non-fiction including memoir.
The Way of Story in Ojai, Sept 7, 2013
“We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” – Catherine Ann Jones, NY Times The Way of Story offers an integrative approach to writing narrative, combining solid craft with experiential inner discovery. Craft alone is not […]
Heal Your Self with Writing
Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. Expressing and listening to one’s own life story is an ancient mode of healing. How do we learn to listen more to the stories that heal? How do we put together the pieces of our past? How can we rewrite our life story so that pain becomes meaningful and actually promotes growth and transformation?
The Way of Story in Tuscany, May 24 – 31, 2014
Join award-winning writer Catherine Ann Jones for a writing experience in Tuscany, a voyage of self-discovery as well as learning the craft & soul of writing. The Way of Story is a voyage of discovery. For those who know what story they wish to focus on, I suggest they gear each of the exercises to their chosen story. For those who have yet to find their story, simply by doing each exercise, they will discover their story – or their story will find them.
May 14-17, 2013 Transcending a Time of Unknowing, Ojai, CA
Transcending A Time of Unknowing: Self-Discovery through Focused Journaling with Catherine Ann Jones Krotona School, Ojai, CA. – May 14-17, 2013 One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. – Andre Gide How to shift perception in challenging times? How to transform outer events into […]
Heal Your Self with Writing workshop in San Francisco, CA
Just returned from an intensive weekend Heal Your Self with Writing workshop at CIIS in San Francisco. Great students. Here are some of their comments: Comments from Heal Your Self with Writing workshop at CIIS, San Francisco Catherine guides us into the deep well of memory and emotion then brings us safely back with treasures […]
Heal Your Self with Writing rave review from Psychology Today
I’ve finished reading an advance copy of Heal Your Self with Writing, by Catherine Ann Jones, the television writer of some of the episodes of “Touched by an Angel.” The book will not be published until August of this year but I will be talking about it in other posts, because I will be using it as an important guide.
Heal Your Self with Writing in Ojai, CA 4/20/2013
HEAL YOUR SELF WITH WRITING in Ojai, Sat, April 20 with Catherine Ann Jones “It’s all right, it’s over. It’s just a memory.” – J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. You’re invited on an inner adventure, a journey of discovery and […]
2013 Schedule of Workshops, Talks with Catherine Ann Jones
2013 SCHEDULE for Catherine Ann Jones 1/15-23 Dallas 2/2 Los Angeles, CA Gate 3 2/16 (Sat) Ojai, CA, The Way of Story, catherinejones@www.wayofstory.com 3/29-31 San Francisco, CA, Heal Your Self with Writing, www.ciis.edu http://www.facebook.com/events/341310652645879/ 4/12-16 Seattle, WA 5/14 Ojai, www.krotonainstitute.org: Shifting Perception in Challenging Times 5/14-17 Ojai, CA, www.krotonaschool.org: Transcending a Time of Unknowing […]
Transformational Media Conference, Feb 2, Los Angeles, CA
See attach for Sat, Feb 16 The Way of Story in Ojai and also below for Feb 2 Story Conference in Los Angeles. Catherine Ann Jones Award-winning writer and global teacher The Way of Story: The Power of Story to Heal. 10 am, Sat, Feb 2, A Celebration of Transformational Entertainment, Media and Arts The […]
Sharing your story is a way to reconnect
Still on the road teaching though I’m cutting back on trips to Europe, UK, and Asia. The plan is to teach more in California and be here more, working as a writing consultant and completing a new book, Heal Your Self with Writing ( Divine Arts Media, Aug 2013). When asked recently to present a […]
Heal Yourself with Writing – online course top ten for November
For Heal Yourself with Writing online course, go to www.www.wayofstory.com home page/ online courses It is again on the to ten list for all of Nov 2012. Heal Your Self with Writing the book will be out Aug 1, 2013. Now available for pre-order on www.amazon.com
Discount available for The Way of Story book.
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Interview in Dallas, Texas, 2008
For an informal interview with Catherine Ann Jones taped in 2008 in Dallas, Texas, referencing subjects as diverse as the Mayan Calendar, psychic visions, writing in New York and Hollywood, growing up in Japan, the growth of the soul click on https://vimeo.com/52519551
Sunsets in Santa Fe
All too often in my capacity as a teacher of writing as well as that of a writing consultant, I am confronted with writers trying to be clever for the sake of cleverness. This can sometimes prove a detriment to good storytelling.
Visioning Your Story
Where do stories come from? Whether you create an original story or re-create a known one, you as the writer must still make it your own. And this requires a personal journey – both inner and outer.
Hurrah for Indie Films! See Beasts of the Southern Wild
Not just because I was born in New Orleans, I was bowled over by the new indie film, Beasts of the Southern Wild. This first time filmmaker created a dramatic film unlike anything made before. Intense, it transcended tragedy by adding a mythic dimension to a very human story – providing a catharsis for the […]
The Way of Story, Aug 5-10, 2012, at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA
The Way of Story: the craft & soul of writing in Big Sur, CA at www.esalen.org
Neil Gamon’s The Graveyard Book is one of the most imaginative novels I’ve read in years. – Catherine Ann Jones
Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book is one of the most imaginative novels I’ve read in years. –Catherine Ann Jones 22 MAY, 2012 Neil Gaiman himself never graduated from college – in fact, he never even enrolled in college – yet he earned his place in literary culture as one of the most celebrated and prolific […]
Beyond Survival interview
Invited to be interviewed by artist Jim Joseph on his show The Art of Survival, June 24, 2012. Interview: http://prn.fm/2012/06/24/art-survival-062412/#axzz1yOlem1ei This is a very different kind of interview than the ones I am usually asked to do. Though I speak of the power of creativity as therapy and growth, we also talk of philosophical matters […]
New interview on Art of Survival radio show June 24, 2012
Interviewed today on Art of Survival Radio Show. Creativity, Writing, Uncertain Times, Philosophy, and more. Just click on link and you’re there: Interview: http://prn.fm/2012/06/24/art-survival-062412/#axzz1yOlem1ei
Tribute for Ray Bradbury
TRIBUTE FOR RAY BRADBURY OJAI PUBLIC LIBRARY, SAT, June 23, 3-5pm (FREE!) Just returned from teaching two workshops at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference here in CA. Hundreds of writers gathered to share their work and improve their craft and business of being a writer. I taught The Way of Story which is for all […]
Comments from students at Esalen in Big Sur, CA
So privileged to teach twice a year at Esalen Institute in Big Sur, California. A pod of humpback whales visited and as I was talking about using metaphor to describe a character, I mentioned it could be an animal, plant, or special object, suddenly a red fox appeared a few feet away! He stared straight […]
The Power of Story: Art of Focused Journaling at Esalen Institute
THE POWER OF STORY: THE ART OF FOCUSED JOURNALING CATHERINE ANN JONES There is a Native American parable about a grandfather who says: “I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is vengeful and angry; the other is loving and compassionate.” When asked which wolf will win the fight […]
2012 Schedule for Catherine Ann Jones
2012 SCHEDULE for Catherine Ann Jones www.www.wayofstory.com Online Courses available: • Heal Yourself with Writing – online course at DailyOM.com • The Way of Story – online course at DailyOM.com •Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life – online course at DailyOM.com Workshop Schedule Feb 4 (Sat) Beverly Hills, CA, Gate Story Conference/ Keynote Speaker […]
The Way of Story at GateCommunity.org Conference in LA
Just back from Los Angeles where I was invited to be a keynote speaker at Gate Community Conference in Los Angeles, CA, 2/4/2012. This conference was to encourage transformational media in both the music and film industry in Hollywood. Huge response as over a thousand gathered to encourage more spiritual themes in songs and films. […]
Feb 4 Story Conference, LA, CA
Einstein was wrong. The world is made up of stories – not atoms.
– Catherine Ann Jones
New online course: Beyond Survival
Join award-winning author and global teacher, Catherine Ann Jones in a new on-line course January 17, 2012 Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life Are you merely surviving or are you living creatively? Survival has become a dominant theme in today’s world – both personally and collectively. One of the down sides of being locked […]
2012 SCHEDULE for The Way of Story workshops and Talks
2012 Schedule · Online Courses available • Heal Yourself with Writing – online course at DailyOM.com • The Way of Story – online course at DailyOM.com •Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life – online course at DailyOM.com Feb 4 (Sat) Los Angeles, CA, Gate Story Conference/ Keynote Speaker, Wadsworth Theatre March 10 (Sat) Encino, […]
Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life launches Jan 17, 2012
Online Course : Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life Click on: http://www.dailyom.com/cgi-bin/courses/courseoverview.cgi?cid=271 ) Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life This is a 6 week on-line course available from Catherine Ann Jones. We will email you when your new lesson is available and you will be able to login and read each lesson on-line […]
Atma, Self, and Individuation by Catherine Ann Jones
Catherine Ann Jones: Atma, Self and Individuation Catherine Ann Jones – one of the main presenters at the forthcoming GATE Transformational Story Conference in Los Angeles – discusses the parallels, and differences, between Jungian psychology and the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. Click here for more.
January 17, 2012 Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life www.dailyom.com
On January 17, 2012 Beyond Survival will be available as an online course on www.dailyom.com or even easier, just go to www.www.wayofstory.com home page and look for online courses then click link. For a sneak preview see below: PREVIEW Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life by Catherine Ann Jones – a 6 week online […]
2012 SCHEDULE for THE WAY OF STORY
2112 Schedule · Online Courses available: • Heal Yourself with Writing – online course at DailyOM.com • The Way of Story – online course at DailyOM.com •Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life – online course at DailyOM.com (January 17, 2012 on….) Feb 4 (Sat) Los Angeles, CA, Gate Story Conference/ Keynote Speaker, Wadsworth Theatre […]
Sneak Preview of Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life
PREVIEW of new online course to launch January 2012: Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life with Catherine Ann Jones After January 2012, just go to www.www.wayofstory.com home page: online courses 6 Week Course (1 lesson per week) Beyond Survival: Guide to a Creative Life will launch January 2012 on www.dailyom.com This is a 6 […]
The Way of Story in Ojai, Sat, Oct 1
THE WAY OF STORY in OJAI with Catherine Ann Jones Saturday, Oct 1, 2011 (10-4pm) “We’ve become lopsided living only in our heads. Writing, in order to serve the soul, must integrate outer craft with the inner world of intuition and feeling.” – Catherine Ann Jones, NY TIMES The Way of Story offers an integrative […]
The Future of Story Conference, Los Angeles, CA Aug 2011
I was invited to be on a panel for this conference. Someone took notes so thought I’d share the excerpts from some of my comments there. The focus though more on screenwriting is applicable to all forms of narrative. (Please note that CAJ are my initials.) THE FUTURE OF STORY, Los Angeles, CA Aug 2011 […]
VoiceAmerica.com with Catherine Ann Jones/audio
Just check in link below for VoiceAmerica.com Interview with Catherine Ann Jones. http://www.voiceamerica.com/episode/55647/heal-yourself-with-writing-with-catherine-ann-jones
VoiceAmerica.com interview with Catherine Ann Jones on Heal Yourself with Writing
> Friday at 10 AM Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Health & Wellness Channel Voiceamerica.com > > The Vital Life: Awakening Your Full Potential > Heal Yourself with Writing with Catherine Ann Jones > August 12, 2011 > > How do we put together the pieces of the past? How can we rewrite our life story? […]
Catherine Ann Jones on The Learning Annex, Aug 2011
While teaching in New York, I was invited by The Learning Annex to come to their recording studio and do two separate video talks of 20 minutes each. One for The Way of Story and the other for The Power of Story: Mastering the Art of Focused Journaling. Here are the links for those interested: […]
The Power of Story to Heal in NYC July 30 at Open Center
THE POWER OF STORY: THE ART OF FOCUSED JOURNALING with CATHERINE ANN JONES There is a Native American parable about a grandfather who says: “I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is vengeful and angry; the other is loving and compassionate.” When asked which wolf will win the […]
In the Beginning was Story…
In the Beginning was Story… From the early beginnings of Hollywood a century ago, the movie moguls were interested in one thing: the story. “What’s the story?” Louis B. Mayer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would ask, “Just tell me the story.” Even today – no matter what technological computerized wizardry abounds – Hollywood executives still decide which […]
Catherine Ann Jones on Learning & Creativity
ON LEARNING & CREATIVITY Catherine Ann Jones Sunday, May 22, 2011 11-1pm The Ojai Retreat Goya at age 92 once remarked, “I am always learning.” Learning is a life long process. As a writer and teacher for over thirty years now, I know how important it is remain open to learn. There is no greater […]
2011 Schedule for Catherine Ann Jones updated
2011 Schedule for Catherine Ann Jones Feb 16-22 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, www.sanmiguelwritersconference.org March 8-9 digital media class for teens in Santa Barbara/ Granada Theater March 13 Santa Barbara, CA The Way of Story for Teens March 25 Ojai, CA Screening of Angel Passing & Q & A March 26 Ojai, CA, http://ojaiwordfest.wordpress.com/ May […]
Webinar on Writing Memoir, May 20, 2011
Don’t miss Catherine Ann Jones, as she joins the National Association of Memoir Writers to discuss the Way of Story for writers at all stages of their memoir writing journey.
Dare To Be Personal
Dare To Be Personal by Catherine Ann Jones When television producer, Martha Williamson, asked me to write for her hit series, Touched by an Angel, I said I preferred to make up my original stories. So she asked me to make up a few and pitch them to her. She told me that if she […]
The Power of Story at The Open Center, NYC, July 30, 2011
The Power of Story: Mastering the Art of Journaling Filed under Art and Creativity, Events, Writing. July 30, 2011 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Click Here to Register Add to Reminder List [x] If you do not have a Reminder List, one will be created for you automatically after you provide your name and email. […]
The Way of Story review: Wisdom for the Writers Journey
The Way of Story: Wisdom for the Writer’s Journey through Revision I have learned more about writing narrative and revising story structure in the first 18 pages of The Way of Story: The Craft and Soul of Writing by Catherine Ann Jones than I have from any other combination of books I’ve read in the […]
Why The King’s Speech won an Oscar last nite?
This is my first year not to vote for either the Oscars or the Emmys simply because I did not pay dues this year. In order to vote, I had wearied of seeing the Hollywood contenders, for the shows I wished to see were fewer and fewer these past years. However, this year there were […]
January 2011: Baby Boomers, where are films for us?
Baby Boomers, where are the films for us?
The way of story now on egoogle
All Google eBooks The Way of Story: The Craft & Soul of Writing (Google eBook) Overview – Reviews Front Cover Catherine Ann Jones 0 Reviews Michael Wiese Productions, 2007 – Language Arts & Disciplines – 193 pages Offering an integrative approach to writing all forms of narrative, this illustrated book contains evocative insights from the […]
Ojai Film Festival and Ojai WordFest
This will be my tenth year as a final judge for the Ojai Film Festival, an international film festival (ojaifilmfestival.org) Nov 4-7, 2010. March 19-26, 2010 Ojai WordFest. Join us for a celebration of story and all forms of writing. Talks, workshops, screenings, etc. But for now, time to settle down and write. […]
Audio Interview with Julia McCutchen
Julia McCutchen of the International Association of Conscious and Creative Writers interviews Catherine Ann Jones.
UK Interview available on or after October 7, 2010
Just back from speaking at the Alaska Writers Guild Conference in Anchorage, AK. Gorgeous country and very nice people. Then visiting my son and his family in Seattle, WA. Rainy but beautiful. While teaching in UK last May-June, I was invited to do an interview with Julia McCuthchen on Oct 7. Over 25,000 writers […]
Response from Esalen Institute in Big Sur, Aug 1-6
Teaching is a joy when you have a group like this one! – Catherine Ann Jones The Way of Story at Esalen, 8/2010 Catherine Ann Jones is the real thing. I left The Way of Story workshop with inspiration, determination, new tools and skills, new material and insights to nourish me for years to come. […]
Interview in England with Imagine magazine. July 2010
38 www.imagineanimation.net www.imagineanimation.net 39 Interview_The_Writer ‘The Way of Story’, the workshop and the online course is for all forms of narrative writing. Anything with story, it helps, and animated films have story. So what happens on your workshops and courses? It’s a little different in that it’s not like a lecture or something like that, […]
The Way of Story now published in Persian
Dear Catherine, I am an Iranian story writer. Your book has been translated to Farsi (Persian) & I believe that “The Way of story” is one of my writing bibles. This is the 4th time that I am reading your book My friends & I have many times discussion about your book and the new […]
International Association of Conscious & Creative Writers: Oct 7,2010 Interview
The Way of Story Guest Catherine Ann Jones Date Thursday 7th October Time 16:00 BST/11:00 EST In the Beginning was Story … Stories orient the life of a people through time, establishing the reality of the world. Without story, it could be said that we do not really exist. The power of story is how […]
Healing Workshop Blurbs. Next Power of Story Aug 21 in NYC
Self-Healing Through Story The Krotona School of Theosophy 5/14/2010 Catherine was such an amazing guide, knowledgeable about how to crack the egg of our ego and let the inner parts shine, be seen etc. Well organized / prepared. The sessions were even more powerful than expected and provide a springboard for future writing. Excellent teacher. […]
The Power of Story in NYC: Aug 21, 2010, Sat, at The Open Center
the power of story mastering the art of journaling catherine ann jones There is a Native American parable about a grandfather who says: "I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is vengeful and angry; the other is loving and compassionate." When asked which wolf will win the fight […]
Back from UK, NY, & MA/ Thoughts on Hollywood Today
It’s good to be home in CA after five weeks on the road teaching Screenwriting and The Way of Story workshops at British Film Institute in London and other venues abroad. Thoughts of Hollywood today as I met with filmmakers abroad. Despite the economic climate now in America, Hollywood is making billions of […]
catherine ann jones in England May-June 2010
Excited to be off to Heathrow in a few days. Please share with UK friends the links below for The Way of Story, Screenwriting, and more Way of Story at these venues. Admittedly, I love England and it has been a large influence on my writing. May 16 Sun: London, Alternatives, St. James, 10:30-5:30pm, […]
Heal Yourself with Writing and The Way of Story available online
These two online courses are now available at www.dailyom.com 1) For Heal Yourself With Writing: http://www.dailyom.com/cgi-bin/courses/courseoverview.cgi?cid=83 2) For Way of Story Writing Course: http://www.dailyom.com/cgi-bin/courses/courseoverview.cgi?cid=19 Low prices as www.dailyom.com has over one million subscribers! Enjoy the courses at your own leisure and from home!
The Way of Story by Catherine Ann Jones now on KINDLE.
Just heard from my publisher that The Way of Story book is now available on Kindle. My son gave me Kindle for last Christmas and I’m hooked. Especially great for trips abroad as there is less to pack! Just back from Dallas, Texas and off to UK next month to teach. Schedule below: May […]
the way of story and heal yourself with writing online courses
Catherine Jones Online Writing Classes Screenwriter, author and playwright Catherine Ann Jones is currently offering the following Daily Om courses: Heal Yourself With Writing The Way of Story
Self Healing Through Story at Krotona in Ojai, CA May 11-14
Catherine Ann Jones Four Morning Series Self-Healing Through Story May 11-14 info@krotonaschool.org Tues – Fri 10 – noon Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. You are invited on an inner adventure, a journey of discovery and re-visioning through focused journaling. Throughout the four sessions, you […]
Response to online courses at www.dailyom.com by Catherine Ann Jones
Dear Catherine, I am doing your course on Daily Om, and it’s amazing. I am only up to lesson two but I am enjoying it immensely. It’s like you’ve written the course especially for me. I have been in conflict over my dharma and thought I need to choose between my spiritual writing and holistic […]
Interview with Catherine Ann Jones
Q. In your popular workshop, The Way of Story (an approach to writing for the Soul—and the Craft to back it up!), you state, “the healing transformation of good writing depends on making it one’s own from within.” What is your workshop about? A. Exercises and techniques are explored which are applicable to writers of […]
THE WAY OF STORY WORKSHOP IN OJAI, CA, Oct 2, 2010 (Sat)
Please note that The Way of Story workshop in Ojai, CA is Sat, Oct 2, 2010 (10-4pm) For more info contact catherinejones@www.wayofstory.com Isn’t it time to commit to your story? (Please note that The Way of Story 1-Day workshop in Ojai, CA is offered every six months. www.www.wayofstory.com or catherinejones@www.wayofstory.com)
New interview with Catherine Ann Jones
Check out the Inspired Livelihood series. The first several interviews, including one with award-winnng writer and global teacher is now posted on the Inspired Livelihood site. They audio recordings can be heard here: http://www.inspiredlivelihood.com/inspired-entrepreneurs/
The Woman Who Speaks to Stones by Catherine Ann Jones
Thought I would share this short story with you. It’s just been re-published. Also, some of you might wish to submit yours. Keep writing! Catherine clipped from flashfictionpost.wordpress.com …a global flash fiction space clipped from flashfictionpost.wordpress.com The Woman Who Speaks to Stones © Catherine Ann Jones
SCHEDULE for CATHERINE ANN JONES & THE WAY of STORY
2011 Schedule for Catherine Ann Jones Feb 16-22 San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, www.sanmiguelwritersconference.org March 8-9 digital media class for teens in Santa Barbara March 19 Ojai, CA, http://ojaiwordfest.wordpress.com/ March 25 Ojai, CA free screening of Angel Passing http://ojaiwordfest.wordpress.com/ March 26 Ojai, CA, http://ojaiwordfest.wordpress.com/ May 7 (Sat) Ojai, CA The Way of Story, catherinejones@www.wayofstory.com June […]
Fans of Heal Yourself with Writing at www.dailyom.com
Hi Catherine, I hope you don’t mind me e-mailing you about the Healing Yourself with Writing course. I couldn’t let the day go by without telling you how much Lesson 5 means to me. I really appreciate your dreams you have written about. They have awakened something in me that I have forgotten. My dreams […]
New books from students & clients, Bravo!
As a good midwife, I am especially pleased when I receive newly published books in the mail written by former students, Way of Story participants, and/or writing clients. Recently, Valarie Temple sent me The Mud Witch Boy, a delightful children’s book for all ages with her poignant illustrations. Valerie was both a Way […]
On the Road again with The Way of Story workshops…
Enjoying my downtime in Ojai, CA. It reminds me how vital it is to have unscheduled breaks. Time to simply be human and enjoy daily pleasures like stroking cats, hiking, swimming, seeing friends, reading, and watching good films. Unrushed time with family, too. Though grateful for invitations to teach The Way of Story […]
Heal Yourself with Writing by Catherine Ann Jones
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Our lives may be determined less by past events than by the way we remember them. You are invited to come aboard this inner adventure that offers a step by step journey of discovery and re-visioning through focused journaling. Throughout the eight sessions, you will be engaged in exercises designed to facilitate healing and transformation. Telling stories about our past through focused journaling can help change our perspectives to enable healing and empowerment. In this way, we are able to make meaning out of memory and put the past where it belongs – behind us. Healing and transformation are only possible through changing one’s perspective from within. In this way, global healing takes place one individual, one tribe, at a time. What story are you living? How do you choose to remember your story?
There is a Native American parable about a grandfather who says, I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one.” When asked which wolf will win the fight in his heart, the old man replies, “The one I feed.”
How do we learn to “feed” the stories that heal?
How do we put together the pieces of our past? How can we rewrite our life story so that pain becomes meaningful and actually promotes growth and transformation? One answer lies in focused journaling. Join award-winning writer and global teacher Catherine Ann Jones in this course.
No writing experience is necessary.
TOPICS COVERED
• Re-visioning Your Life
• Integrating the Opposites: Standing in the Light, Facing the Dark
• Soul Dialogues: Getting in Touch with your Inner Visionary
• Focused Journaling: A Powerful Transformational Mirror
• A Shamanic Journey: Communicating with your Spirit & Ancestral Guides
• Discovering Your Personal Myth: Transcending the Archetype
• Overcoming Trauma: Beyond Traditional Psychology
• Looking Back, Growing Forward
“I first taught this class at the Esalen Institute and was amazed at the response. Several participants felt that they were able to heal a split within themselves in just a few days that had not been healed in years of traditional therapy. One woman later wrote me that she had felt separated from herself since being victimized by a sexual assault at the age of fifteen. After the Esalen experiential workshop, she felt reconnected through the focused journaling exercises. She had returned to herself.”
ABOUT CATHERINE ANN JONES
Catherine Ann Jones holds a graduate degree in Depth Psychology and Myth from Pacifica Graduate Institute where she has also taught. Earlier she has played major roles in over fifty productions on and off-Broadway, as well as film and television. Disappointed by the lack of good roles for women, she wrote a play about Virginia Woolf (On the Edge) which won a National Endowment for the Arts Award. Ten of her plays, including Calamity Jane (both play and musical) and The Women of Cedar Creek, have won several awards and are produced both in and out of New York. Her films include The Christmas Wife (Jason Robards & Julie Harris), Unlikely Angel (Dolly Parton), Angel Passing (Hume Cronyn & Teresa Wright) which played at Sundance and went on to garner fifteen awards here and abroad, and the popular TV series, Touched by an Angel. A Fulbright Scholar to India studying shamanism, she has also taught at The New School University, University of Southern California, and the Esalen and the Omega Institute. Ms. Jones lives in Ojai, California, leads The Way of Story and Healing Yourself with Writing workshops throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Her recent book, The Way of Story: the craft & soul of writing, is used by many schools, including NYU writing programs.www.wayofstory.com
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The Way of Story – Book Reviews
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Online Courses at the Daily OM
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The Way of Story
The Way of Story – by Catherine Ann Jones
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