The Way of StorySharing 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.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
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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 […]