The Way of Story“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 […]