Finished writing your memoir? Get ready for EDITING, where your major work begins. This short guide covers everything you need to know to edit your book like a pro, and take your story and your writing from good to POWERFUL! Professional editing for any book is not cheap. But by editing as well as possible yourself, you can drastically reduce, or even eliminate, professional editing costs. Power Editing For Memoir Writers helps you look at every aspect of your writing—from your initial story concept, through the telling of your story, to how you craft your sentences. Now you can feel confident in your writing, and impress your reader with your storytelling and the professional presentation of the words on each page. This short, concise, no-nonsense guide makes the editing process easy. It introduces you to a fantastically easy editing system, shows you how to use powerful word arrangements called “rhetorical devices”, and how to use the NUMBER ONE SECRET to power up your writing today!Power Editing For Memoir Writers is arranged in two sections: Part One addresses the elements of your story, and how you have used them. Part Two addresses your sentence structure, grammar and word usage, with tips and tricks professional writers and editors use every day to write and market best-sellers.The author has purposefully kept this book as simple and concise as possible—under three hours to read—with practical information you can APPLY RIGHT NOW to your manuscript. Carolyn V. Hamilton is a former marketing, advertising and copywriting executive with several published books, including fiction, non-fiction and memoir.In her private coaching program, Memoir to Legacy , she helps aspiring memoir writers share their stories of adventure, adversity, personal challenges, trauma and redemption. "Whether you're writing a memoir or fiction, this little book is filled with tips on putting the story together and then editing it. Ms. Hamilton explains each point in simple, to-the-point language." - Janet Glaser "This book is a treasure chest–for aspiring writers–of worthy information. I wish I had read it before I published my memoir." Franklin R. Ball"Carolyn demystifies and breaks down the process of building memoir structure." - Lisa Kelley To learn more, enable the "LOOK INSIDE" feature by clicking on the BOOK COVER IMAGE! Carolyn titles her book "...for MEMOIR Writers," but everything in it is useful for ANY writer - especially newbies, and the less experienced. If you only write one book, it should probably be YOUR memoir, because no one else can, and you can publish it as an eBook for a reasonably low price. The most expensive part will probably be the editing of your finished manuscript, if you can afford that at all. Believe it or not, Carolyn's short book is a wealth of tips and tricks that goes a long way toward saving money on editing." - Jim McCarthy "This is an easy-to-follow-along manual on how to edit your memoir, and I especially found Part 2 extremely helpful." - Misty Compton, Content Writer & Editor Carolyn V. Hamilton is a multi-genre author, watercolor artist, and Success Coach for memoir writers. She spent 30+ years in the real world of "Mad Men" as a graphic designer, illustrator, and copywriter. She was the designer and founding editor of the regional magazine, Nevada Woman . A graduate of Antioch University Seattle with a B.A. in liberal arts, Carolyn V. Hamilton has won numerous creative awards including the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Community Achievement Award in Communications (1996), and been listed in Who's Who in Southern Nevada . Today, she makes her home in the Andean town of Cuenca, Ecuador, from where she says, "My life is on the internet." She is proud to have served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Suriname, South America. And, oh yes, in her "younger days" she really was a Playboy Bunny. Learn more about Carolyn V. Hamilton at carolynvhamilton.com Follow her on Twitter: @c_v_Hamilton and like her Facebook Author Page: facebook.com/BooksbyCarolynVHamilton