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Could be. I always notice that writers who have that particular streak of realism tend to use those details to convey identities that we might not have language for otherwise. There was one I read recently where the main character is at someone’s backyard party and instead of getting a Dixie cup of coke she got aplastic cup of soda and I immediately knew the kind of person it was whose party she was at. Buys in bulk at Walmart, everything store brand, house well kept but punching above their consumptive weight class.
Living in a society based on consumption we define ourselves and others around those choices. So a writer isn’t necessarily dumping words out when they talk about captain crunch for five pages.
I love people who talk about “no plot” writing as if developing an understanding of a setting or character isn’t a story with a plot. It’s the understanding of writing that video game writers fail at so badly and interactive media artists and certain directors excel at.
Like bruh, there’s not “no plot”, it’s just happening to you!
