Use commas around words and phrases that interrupt the flow of the sentence.

Then like a leaky faucet drip by drip the information trickles out.

Crost, Mary Lou. "Math Anxiety." The Harper Anthology. Palatine: William Rainey Harper College, 1994. 28-31.

Mom pregnant and due at the end of the month sat with Joey as far away from the coffin as possible.

Larkin, Jeanette. "The Secret." The Harper Anthology. Palatine: William Rainey Harper College, 1991. 114-115.

If I the writer put everything into what I write it will come through to readers even if they disagree or just plain old dislike it.

Polli, Jimm. "The Pen Also Rises." The Harper Anthology. Palatine: William Rainey Harper College, 1995. 104-105.

I had in essense done nothing with my life. . .So I sold my business. No actually I gave it away to a girl who worked for me.

I learned discipline the discipline it takes to set a goal and then to take the steps sometimes tedious and painful to achieve that goal.

Squires, Meryl. "The Walk." The Harper Anthology. Palatine: William Rainey Harper College, 1991. 161-165.

"Sean's mother loved her belts. She had four different colors--red black and white. Depending on the severity of what he did Sean would get hit with a particular color. Her favorite belt the white one had metal eyelets around the holes. . .The DCFS lady Sean's last hope of escaping his mother's tyranny drove off in a Swedish car. . . Sean part of the minority escaped with his life. . ."

Kane, Geoff. "Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk." The Harper Anthology. Palatine: William Rainey Harper College, 1995. 46-48.