Available Workshops

Santa Barbara Writers Conference 8/21-26/2026
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
Writing Your Memoir; Writing Memoir as a Family Legacy
The Art of Pitching & Story Structure
Catherine Ann Jones showed me how to write my way out of the darkness and into the light. – Beth T, Athens, GA
Wonderful!! Absolutely amazingly, delightful! Catherine knows how to break through your barriers and tap into your own personal creative potential. She is gentle, while prodding your brain to open up- Mieke Blom, Holland
Your structure gave my story wings. I’ve never been so clear on what I want to write- Linda, MI
Catherine Ann Jones is a clear, compassionate soul who gives her students exercises that are pathways to their own souls. So many seeds were given that I expect to be picking from this garden for the rest of my life.
– Cynthia, Esalen Institute Catherine Ann Jones is blessed with a beautiful and profound gift as a spiritual healer through writing and storytelling. -Thom Cooney Crawford, NYC
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For online courses, blog, writing consults, & psychic readings visit wayofstory.com
Catherine Ann Jones, M.A. in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute where she has also taught, an award-winning author, playwright (Calamity Jane, On the Edge, The Women of Cedar Creek, and screenwriter (The Christmas Wife (Jason Robards, Julie Harris) –Four Emmy nominations, Unlikely Angel (Dolly Parton), Touched by an Angel series). A Fulbright Research Scholar to India studying shamanism, taught graduate school in New York (The New School University) and Los Angeles (U.S.C.), award-winning author of The Way of Story, Heal Your Self with Writing, What Story Are You Living. Buddha and the Dancing Girl, Remarkable Women, & East & West: Stories of India. Over 70,000 subscribers for Daily OM online courses.
For writing consults, blog, & psychic readings, please visit www.wayofstory.com
The Way of Story