Cathrine Ann Jones, is an award-winning playwright & screenwriter whose films include "Unlikely Angel" (starring Dolly Parton), "The Christmas Wife"(starring Jason Robards), and the television series, "Touched By An Angel". She co-wrote the independent film, "Angel Passing" (starring Hume Cronyn and Calista Flockhart), which played at Sundance then garnered twelve awards both in America and abroad. As a New York playwright, ten of her plays were produced both in and out of New York City as well as several short stories published as The Woman Who Talked To Stones. She has served on the writing faculty at The New School (N.Y.C), University of Southern California (U.S.C.), and the Esalen Institute. A Fulbright Research Scholar in India and winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Award, Ms. Jones, holds an M.A. in Mythology and Depth Psychology. Ms. Jones lives in Ojai, CA, works as a story and script consultant, and lectures internationally.

The Way Of Story
Cathrine Ann Jones
August 6 - August 10, 2008

Program fee $90

"Cathrine Ann Jones is in possession of a powerful talent…nothing is more rare in my opinion". - Norman Mailer, novelist

"Cathrine Ann Jones is an important writer and has an extraordinary power." - Julie Harris, actress

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 an exploration of the intangible inner dimensions of writing along with the solid practice of craft to guarantee a good story. This workshop is for writers of all levels and all narrative forms, including plays, screenplays, stories, novels and memoirs.

• Discover seven steps to story structure
  
• Create memorable characters and dialogue
  
• Balance craft with intuitive skills
• Learn to access and free your potential story

Here at last is a professional writer who teaches writing, not based on theory alone, but from hard practice and the successful integration of solid craft and intuitive skills.

For more information visit: www.wayofstory.com


From NY Times interview with Cathrine 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."