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[solarpsychedelic]

As previously mentioned, my current read is pop fiction classic, Scruples by Judith Krantz.

I love how deep and immersive even popular fiction was before the internet era.

There was a time when writing and reading novels meant deep dives into an author’s researched interest. This depth of knowledge meant more in the pre-internet days. In the case of Scruples it’s a look at the fashion industry in Paris in the 1960s.

There’s a passage about how fashion focused on the fit and fabrics, and I’m thinking a.) how that’s quite the difference from today’s fast fashion, and b.) how “fit” has come back into slang, as if the collective unconscious recognizes the difference.

From a writing perspective, I love flashbacks because they re-train my brain away from social media influenced demand for ten second soundbites to again develop the concentration needed for a sustained narrative.