[Introduction -- excerpt] [T]he current study uses a RAD [replicable, agreeable, and data supported] approach to answer the question: how is digital technology affecting the composing process through a qualitative examination and analysis of the literary practices of Generation Y? Generation Y, which includes those born in 1997 or later, has never known to compose without digital technology; they are the generation most affected by digital technology, and their writing skills and processes have been influenced by...