Lukeman Excercise Part Two | Kaytlen Bennett

Before
When I went away to college, many things changed. My first week away was a great adjustment. I didn’t have my mom anymore to tell me what to do, when to do it, and how it was to be done. I was living in a new place with new people. I didn’t have my friends who’d I’d known since elementary to be the source of my social life. My usually sheltered world was breached by a new and exciting but scary reality that I was in charge. No longer could I be dependent on others to do things for me. I know now more than any other time in my life that I am truly alone.

After
When I went away to college, many things changed. My first week away was a great adjustment. I didn’t have my mom anymore to tell me what to do, when to do it, and how it was to be done. I was living in a new place with new people. I didn’t have my friends who’d I’d known since elementary to be the source of my social life. My usually sheltered world was breached by a new and exciting but scary reality that I was in charge. No longer could I be dependent on others to do things for me. I know now more than any other time in my life: I am truly alone.


I've never really used colons in my writing. I though that they were pretty much just for making lists. I never really thought that they could have that big of an impact in a piece. I feel that colons do add to dramatic revelations. I bet I could find ways to better use them in my work.