diff --git a/src/cc/journeyman/milkwood/Composer.java b/src/cc/journeyman/milkwood/Composer.java
index 562ea35..a733377 100644
--- a/src/cc/journeyman/milkwood/Composer.java
+++ b/src/cc/journeyman/milkwood/Composer.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package cc.journeyman.milkwood;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 
 /**
  * Composes text output based on a rule tree.
@@ -43,7 +44,9 @@ public class Composer {
             System.err.println("Preamble: " + preamble);
         }
 
-        result.addAll(preamble);
+        Window copy = preamble.duplicate();
+        Collections.reverse(copy);
+        result.addAll(copy);
 
         result.addAll(this.compose(preamble, rules, length));
 
diff --git a/src/cc/journeyman/milkwood/Writer.java b/src/cc/journeyman/milkwood/Writer.java
index e70e6f8..3dc4053 100644
--- a/src/cc/journeyman/milkwood/Writer.java
+++ b/src/cc/journeyman/milkwood/Writer.java
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ class Writer extends BufferedWriter {
 
         this.maybeParagraph(token);
 
-        return (token.endsWith(Milkwood.PERIOD));
+        return (token.endsWith(Milkwood.PERIOD) || 
+                token.equals("?") || 
+                token.endsWith("!"));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -112,6 +114,10 @@ class Writer extends BufferedWriter {
                     case ',':
                     case ':':
                     case ';':
+                    case '!':
+                    case '?':
+                    case ')':
+                    case ']':
                     case 's':
                     /*
                      * an 's' on its own is probably evidence of a possessive with