{"id":24162,"date":"2021-06-04T03:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=24162"},"modified":"2021-06-02T12:47:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T19:47:33","slug":"transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24163 size-medium\" title=\"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-300x300.png\" alt=\"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?s=Catharine+Bramkamp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cTransformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book.\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Has this happened to you?<\/strong> You are working on your book, your work in progress. And suddenly, many other events, relationships and life goals change for the better.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may have thought &#8212; that\u2019s just a coincidence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>It\u2019s not.<\/strong> The changes you experience in your life are a direct result of what you are writing in your book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write enough blogs, books, essays. and it\u2019s easy to forget just how powerful writing is, how even just starting a writing project can create energy that flows and illuminates all sorts of corners of our lives.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing from the Queen\u2019s Seat\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am one of the founders in a writing program called Writing from the Queen\u2019s Seat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Short version:<\/strong> Women sign up with my partner Shama and me, and we bring them through a live (the Author Queen Society) or online (the Author Queen Studio) program that will take them from Expert to Author in about 60 days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We were looking forward to helping our clients (Expert Queens) write their business or How-To book based on their previous materials and writings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>A good business book focuses on one purpose and is supported by tried and true processes<\/strong>, which unlike fiction, an author can create in two months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looked good on paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Looked great in our marketing materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as we added humans, the process and the products ended up being far more complicated and far more transformative than we anticipated. Because we forgot just how transformative writing is.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transformative Writing\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you have probably experienced, once you start writing, the work can escape from you, dragging you into unexpected emotions, unexpected connections, and delivering unexpected results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>This happens in fiction,<\/strong> of course. But it also happens in a seemingly simple how-to business book. As we discovered.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One Expert Queen began her writing project intending to chronicle her experiences of healing her cancer through emotional and physical connections with others. It was a wild ride, and she was a total expert at describing her experiences, adventures, and stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Two months later,<\/strong> she was still writing up story after story because story after story appeared and demanded attention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As her book pages multiplied, she started to get scared, worried about what the finished product would look like, and not really feeling settled with the idea of a published book.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>To postpone the book,<\/strong> she announced she was moving from LA to Charlottesville. No particular impetus, just wanted an adventure (just wanted to delay completing the book.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What did we do?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Nod,<\/strong> wish her a queenly godspeed and a tiny reminder that no matter where you go &#8212;\u00a0 your unfinished work in progress will follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She kept writing. After a few days of sitting with the decision to move, and continuing to write into her book, she realized that she didn\u2019t need to move.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What she needed was an adventure.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So she hopped into her van and spent the weekend on the coast. And that was satisfying enough, the move was cancelled.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transformation through Writing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing helped her &#8212; helped her not only better understand herself and her motives, but the act of writing her book actually presented her with a different and more aligned direction for her next steps in her profession and personal life.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>And apparently moving to Charlottesville was not a necessary step in that transformation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Claire was recovering from cancer and still undergoing treatments that left her exhausted and unable to work on her memoir and her advice book.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>By writing out her story,<\/strong> she was able to make decisions based on her own advice.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, she found it easier to be her own advocate because she realized in writing that she had already served her own best interests and she already had answers; she just needed to tap back into what she knew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of her book she was able to acknowledge her own agency, and apply it again to take control of her health.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transformative Writing: Author Queens Writing Society\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the Author Queens Writing Society, we gathered our queens once a week for a check-in and to make sure they are on track.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>During our celebration,<\/strong> every queen thanked each other for their support,\u00a0 and they all described the life transformation engendered by writing a book.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were changed, not only because they accomplished and finished a big scary project, but because the writing itself changed both their outlook and their health and recoveries.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Transformative Power of Writing\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writing, even journaling or working through the organizational and structural demands of a book, helps us clarify and focus our own lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>You don\u2019t even need to write a book to benefit from the process.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A journal, a passion project, poetry that will never see the light of day &#8212; it all serves to help balance your heart and mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>I am always surprised and most certainly gratified that writing helps us so easily change.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to read more articles like this one Writer\u2019s Fun Zone? <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/contact-beth\/#signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribe here.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1rlgh6b noopener noreferrer\"><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\" alt=\"Catharine Bramkamp\" width=\"150\" height=\"164\" 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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1RlgH6b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catharine Bramkamp<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a successful <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/yourbookstartshere.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">writing coach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Chief Storytelling Officer, former\u00a0co-producer of Newbie Writers Podcast, and author of a dozen <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1i9eAlQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">books<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1HgxT4W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Real Estate Diva Mysteries series<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Tmil52\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Future Girls series<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. She holds two degrees in English and is an adjunct university professor. After fracturing her wrist, she has figured out there is very little she is able to do with one hand tied behind her back.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has this happened to you? You are working on your book, your work in progress. Suddenly, many other events, relationships, and life goals change for the better. That\u2019s the power of transformative writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":24163,"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":[4145],"tags":[940,180,4418,325,728,4634,4635,4633],"class_list":["post-24162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writers-life","tag-catharine-bramkamp","tag-change","tag-clarity","tag-focus","tag-journaling","tag-the-power-of-writing-a-book","tag-transformative-writing","tag-writing-from-the-queens-seat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Has this happened to you? You are working on your book, your work in progress. Suddenly, many other events, relationships, and life goals change for the better. That\u2019s the power of transformative writing.\" \/>\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\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Has this happened to you? You are working on your book, your work in progress. Suddenly, many other events, relationships, and life goals change for the better. That\u2019s the power of transformative writing.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-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=\"2021-06-04T10:00:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\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=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Guest Contributor\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6da98818636d0a12baec6dd6b03db168\"},\"headline\":\"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-04T10:00:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":945,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Catharine Bramkamp\",\"change\",\"clarity\",\"focus\",\"journaling\",\"the power of writing a book\",\"transformative writing\",\"Writing from the Queen\u2019s Seat\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Writers Life\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\",\"name\":\"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-04T10:00:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"Has this happened to you? You are working on your book, your work in progress. Suddenly, many other events, relationships, and life goals change for the better. That\u2019s the power of transformative writing.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":300,\"caption\":\"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/04\\\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/writersfunzone.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book 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":"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone","description":"Has this happened to you? You are working on your book, your work in progress. Suddenly, many other events, relationships, and life goals change for the better. That\u2019s the power of transformative writing.","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\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone","og_description":"Has this happened to you? You are working on your book, your work in progress. Suddenly, many other events, relationships, and life goals change for the better. That\u2019s the power of transformative writing.","og_url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","og_site_name":"Writer&#039;s Fun Zone","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethbarany\/","article_published_time":"2021-06-04T10:00:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Guest Contributor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BethBarany","twitter_site":"@BethBarany","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Guest Contributor","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/"},"author":{"name":"Guest Contributor","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6da98818636d0a12baec6dd6b03db168"},"headline":"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp","datePublished":"2021-06-04T10:00:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/"},"wordCount":945,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png","keywords":["Catharine Bramkamp","change","clarity","focus","journaling","the power of writing a book","transformative writing","Writing from the Queen\u2019s Seat"],"articleSection":["Writers Life"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/","name":"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp &#183; Writer&#039;s Fun Zone","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png","datePublished":"2021-06-04T10:00:25+00:00","description":"Has this happened to you? You are working on your book, your work in progress. Suddenly, many other events, relationships, and life goals change for the better. That\u2019s the power of transformative writing.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Transformative-Writing-You-Get-More-Than-A-Book-by-Catharine-Bramkamp.png","width":300,"height":300,"caption":"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book by Catharine Bramkamp"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/04\/transformative-writing-you-get-more-than-a-book-by-catharine-bramkamp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Transformative Writing: You Get More Than A Book 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\/24162","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=24162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24164,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24162\/revisions\/24164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}