{"id":19879,"date":"2018-09-07T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=19879"},"modified":"2018-08-30T11:22:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T18:22:57","slug":"what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-19880\" title=\"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp on Writer's Fun Zone\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River-300x198.jpeg\" alt=\"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp on Writer's Fun Zone\" width=\"200\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River-300x198.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Catharine+Bramkamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/a>\u00a0as she shares with us \u201cWhat do you already know?\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\n<strong>Do you read a lot of writing and creativity books?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I do. I not only read, I buy. Hard cover.<\/p>\n<h2>What I already know<\/h2>\n<p>After collecting and consuming dozens and dozens of advice\/creativity\/how to write books I\u2019ve discovered that like novels, there are only a few advice plots.<\/p>\n<p>There is only so much advice in the universe available to re-purpose and re-package.<\/p>\n<p>That is not to say that a new book in the cannon is pointless.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not, there is always one or two interesting ideas worth savoring, and even doing, but you will discover, after reading a dozen books that by the thirteenth book you will think, wow, I already know:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To show up every day to write, at roughly the same time,\u00a0so your Muse can find you. Because the Muse arrives on a schedule. You got this. You write every morning just like in the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2okWDq6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Artist\u2019s Way<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>To honor your writing as work and protect that time, just like in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2N4OlAr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natalie Goldberg\u2019s <em>Writing Down the Bones<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>To leave behind negative people and situations. If you belong to a club or have a group of friends who are killing your creativity, you leave. Have you left yet? Of course you have.<\/li>\n<li>To take up an alternative hobby, if you write, play music. If you play music, dance. If you dance, keep a journal.<\/li>\n<li>To take classes and always be learning. You have just signed up for a community college extension class in the theory and uses of Greek pottery.<\/li>\n<li>To break down your goals into manageable chunks of time and effort, just like in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2N3aQWI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anne Lamont\u2019s <em>Bird by Bird<\/em>.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>To keep a journal.<\/li>\n<li>To study something deeply.<\/li>\n<li>To read deeply.<\/li>\n<li>To sleep.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>New Advice<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19887 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WFZ_What-do-you-already-know_-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WFZ_What-do-you-already-know_-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WFZ_What-do-you-already-know_-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-160x160.png 160w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WFZ_What-do-you-already-know_-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/WFZ_What-do-you-already-know_-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The <em>new, new<\/em> advice that you will not find in some of the classics writing books: turn off your phone.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, yeah. But what if someone needs you? What if there is news? What if something beautiful, or silly, or a puppy needs to be photographed?<\/p>\n<p>The new, new advice is to put down your phone anyway.<\/p>\n<h2>I left my phone behind\u00a0Sunday\u00a0morning.<\/h2>\n<p>My husband and I climbed into the truck and bounced down a vey long one-way dirt road to Purdon\u2019s Crossing, part of the Yuba River.<\/p>\n<p>We hiked down to the water\u2019s edge and spent the morning sitting on the hot rocks, swimming in the cool water, admiring the green pines against the blue sky, listening first to the water rush around the rocks and then to a dog with a horrible high yipping bark, barking as he swam. He swam for an hour and a half.<\/p>\n<p>For lunch we parked at a drive-in and ate outside on a picnic bench. With no phone it was far easier to eat a messy burger and slurp at sticky milk shake. No photos, no posts, no checking.\u00a0 Just me and the burger.<\/p>\n<h2>What did this sitting, slurping, unrecorded morning do?<\/h2>\n<p>First, nothing happened while I was away from the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Second, it was like getting time back. It was summer with my husband &#8212; no\u00a0distractions or filters. He drove, I gazed out the window. We talked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I relished\u00a0the wind in my face and messy\u00a0hair because at the river,<\/strong> <strong>no one cares<\/strong>. And unarmed with that everpresent camera, I was in no danger of submitting to a casual photograph. I didn\u2019t even suck in my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>I had time\u00a0to concentrate on the light, the sounds. I focused\u00a0on climbing down a face of rocks to the water\u2019s edge, then took my time strategizing\u00a0how to ascend those same rocks without tipping backwards and killing myself. It was not climbing the face of Half Dome, but for me, it was challenge enough.<\/p>\n<h2>What I Gained<\/h2>\n<p>What I gained was a 1,000 more words for my book project. A 1,000 words that often take hours to squeeze out of my brain, this Sunday afternoon spontaneously presented themselves in the form of a surprise solution to a plot issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First I experienced a complete state of quiet and calm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I spent an entire morning not only without the phone, but without an agenda, without a goal. At the time, I thought I was doing absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next I experienced that state of flow<\/strong>, the heroine of\u00a0advice books as popular a trope as the beautiful girl who is unaware of her charms is in romance.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE:<\/strong> What do you already know about how you can find your creative flow?<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/h2>\n<p>When she\u2019s not pulling her mother out of traffic, Catharine coaches and teaches fiction, non-fiction, and journal writing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12334\" title=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic-300x329.jpg 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Catharine-Bramkamp-pic.jpg 584w\" alt=\"Catharine Bramkamp\u00a0is an author and writing coach -- visit her at\u00a0www.Catharine-Bramkamp.com.\" width=\"150\" height=\"164\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Catharine Bramkamp's website, Your Book Starts Here\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Catharine-Bramkamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/a>\u00a0is an author and writing coach &#8212; visit her at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catharine-bramkamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.Catharine-Bramkamp.com<\/a>. She has written 17 novels and 3 books on writing. Her poetry appears in over a dozen anthologies including\u00a0<em>And The Beats Go On<\/em>\u00a0(she was editor, as well) and the chapbook\u00a0<em>Ammonia Sunrise<\/em>\u00a0(Finishing Line Press). Her current book,\u00a0<a title=\"Don\u2019t Write Like We Talk by Catharine Bramkamp\" href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2BMhN9q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Don\u2019t Write Like We Talk<\/em><\/a>, is based on her co-producer experience creating 200-plus episodes of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newbiewriters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newbie Writers Podcast<\/a>. She is the Chief Storytelling Officer for technical companies because everyone has a story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve discovered that like novels, there are only a few advice plots. After reading a dozen books you will think, wow, I already know&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":19880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2230,940,3570,3569],"class_list":["post-19879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing-tips","tag-advice","tag-catharine-bramkamp","tag-distractions","tag-what-i-know"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I\u2019ve discovered that like novels, there are only a few advice plots. After reading a dozen books you will think, wow, I already know...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I\u2019ve discovered that like novels, there are only a few advice plots. After reading a dozen books you will think, wow, I already know...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Writer&#039;s Fun Zone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-09-07T08:00:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"422\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BethBarany\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BethBarany\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Guest Contributor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Guest Contributor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6da98818636d0a12baec6dd6b03db168\"},\"headline\":\"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-07T08:00:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":893,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Yuba-River.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"advice\",\"Catharine Bramkamp\",\"distractions\",\"what I know\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Writing Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\",\"name\":\"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Yuba-River.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-07T08:00:36+00:00\",\"description\":\"I\u2019ve discovered that like novels, there are only a few advice plots. After reading a dozen books you will think, wow, I already know...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Yuba-River.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/Yuba-River.jpeg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":422},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2018\\\/09\\\/07\\\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Writer's Fun Zone\",\"description\":\"where we go to the edge to play and become better writers\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Beth Barany Productions\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/cropped-cropped-WFZ_BANNER_DRAFT_NEW_mock_1C_w_edits.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/cropped-cropped-WFZ_BANNER_DRAFT_NEW_mock_1C_w_edits.jpeg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":246,\"caption\":\"Beth Barany Productions\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/bethbarany\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BethBarany\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/bethbarany\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/c\\\/BethBarany\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/bethbarany\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6da98818636d0a12baec6dd6b03db168\",\"name\":\"Guest Contributor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f3a34f16e4191c23786121e3cb54e0dadf1dd00c7c8ec2686195240a1680e394?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f3a34f16e4191c23786121e3cb54e0dadf1dd00c7c8ec2686195240a1680e394?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f3a34f16e4191c23786121e3cb54e0dadf1dd00c7c8ec2686195240a1680e394?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Guest Contributor\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/guest-contributor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone","description":"I\u2019ve discovered that like novels, there are only a few advice plots. After reading a dozen books you will think, wow, I already know...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone","og_description":"I\u2019ve discovered that like novels, there are only a few advice plots. After reading a dozen books you will think, wow, I already know...","og_url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","og_site_name":"Writer&#039;s Fun Zone","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany\/","article_published_time":"2018-09-07T08:00:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":422,"url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Guest Contributor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BethBarany","twitter_site":"@BethBarany","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Guest Contributor","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/"},"author":{"name":"Guest Contributor","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6da98818636d0a12baec6dd6b03db168"},"headline":"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp","datePublished":"2018-09-07T08:00:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/"},"wordCount":893,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River.jpeg","keywords":["advice","Catharine Bramkamp","distractions","what I know"],"articleSection":["Writing Tips"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","name":"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River.jpeg","datePublished":"2018-09-07T08:00:36+00:00","description":"I\u2019ve discovered that like novels, there are only a few advice plots. After reading a dozen books you will think, wow, I already know...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yuba-River.jpeg","width":640,"height":422},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/07\/what-do-you-already-know-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What do you already know? by Catharine Bramkamp"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/","name":"Writer's Fun Zone","description":"where we go to the edge to play and become better writers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Beth Barany Productions","url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cropped-cropped-WFZ_BANNER_DRAFT_NEW_mock_1C_w_edits.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cropped-cropped-WFZ_BANNER_DRAFT_NEW_mock_1C_w_edits.jpeg","width":1024,"height":246,"caption":"Beth Barany Productions"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BethBarany","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bethbarany\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/BethBarany","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bethbarany\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6da98818636d0a12baec6dd6b03db168","name":"Guest Contributor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f3a34f16e4191c23786121e3cb54e0dadf1dd00c7c8ec2686195240a1680e394?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f3a34f16e4191c23786121e3cb54e0dadf1dd00c7c8ec2686195240a1680e394?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f3a34f16e4191c23786121e3cb54e0dadf1dd00c7c8ec2686195240a1680e394?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Guest Contributor"},"url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/author\/guest-contributor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19879"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19888,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19879\/revisions\/19888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}