Introduction Precis

In the introduction chapter, "Talent, Hard Work, and Correctness" (2010), Joe Hardin argues that becoming a successful writer requires hard work and making choices on how to best convey your ideas to the reader. Hardin argues that today's young writers are lacking confidence, not only in their writing ability but also in their use of grammar. Modern technology (texting, facebook, myspace, etc.) has given way to this lack of confidence because it allows for an "entire system of alternate spelling", which deteriorates their fundamental writing skills. His purpose in writing this article is to persuade young writers to not give up on writing and approach it as any normal job: have a plan, practice, revise, and perfect. The target audience is most likely new/young college students, seeing as how it is a book for English 101 at CSU-Pueblo.