The Way of StoryWhat 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, 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 […]
2023 Available Workshops with Catherine Ann Jones
Award-wining playwright, screenwriter, & author Catherine Ann Jones Available Workshops: The Way of Story: the craft and soul of writing Heal Your Self with Writing What Story Are You Living? Awakening the Inner Visionary Writing Your Memoir; Writing Memoir as a Family Legacy The Art of Pitching & Story Structure Catherine Ann Jones showed me […]
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 […]