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'''Basic Trope''': A ''long'' book
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'''Basic Trope''': A ''long'' booklong, thick, heavy book.
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* '''Enforced''': "I want to write a HeroicFantasy containing [[JigsawPuzzlePlot many different plot threads]], LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, a LoveDodecahedron, etc."
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* '''Enforced''': "I want to write a HeroicFantasy containing [[JigsawPuzzlePlot many different plot threads]], LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, a large cast, a LoveDodecahedron, etc."
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* '''Implied''': "Alice is a fast reader, but she's been at ''The Story'' for a long time."
* '''Played For Drama''': Alice neglects her schedule to finish ''The Story''.
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** A HowTo book or other nonfiction book details a complicated subject.
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** A HowTo How To book or other nonfiction book details a complicated subject.
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* '''Straight''': ''[[LongRunner The Story]]'' contains 30 chapters, each around 100 pages.
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* '''Straight''': ''[[LongRunner The Story]]'' ''The Story'' contains 30 chapters, each around 100 pages.
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** ''The Story'' it's big in volume but only a little fraction of each page is used.
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** ''The Story'' it's is big in volume but only a little fraction of each page is used.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each 1,000 pages.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each 1,000 pages.goes well above 10,000 pages, printed in 10pt fonts.
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* '''Deconstructed''': May be a sign of excessive {{Padding}} and/or just plain BadWriting. The [[EndingFatigue audience may grow bored and give up]].
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* '''Deconstructed''': May be a sign of excessive {{Padding}} and/or just plain BadWriting.bad writing. The [[EndingFatigue audience may grow bored and give up]].
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* '''Justified''': ''The Story'' is a long, complex story, perhaps [[NestedStory with several]] [[KudzuPlot different]] PlotThreads.
** Alternatively, a HowTo book or other nonfiction book details a complicated subject.
** Alternatively, a HowTo book or other nonfiction book details a complicated subject.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** ''The Story'' is a long, complex story, perhaps [[NestedStory with several]] [[KudzuPlot different]] PlotThreads.
**Alternatively, a A HowTo book or other nonfiction book details a complicated subject.
** ''The Story'' is a long, complex story, perhaps [[NestedStory with several]] [[KudzuPlot different]] PlotThreads.
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** There are a lot of illustrations.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob manages to lift ''The Story'' over his head, but is promptly flattened by it.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Parodied''':
** Bob manages to lift ''The Story'' over his head, but is promptly flattened by it.
** Bob manages to lift ''The Story'' over his head, but is promptly flattened by it.
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** Bob uses ''The Story'' as [[UsefulBook an actual doorstop]].
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* '''Straight''': ''[[LongRunner The Story]]'' contains 30 chapters, each around 1,000.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each 10,000 pages.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each 10,000 pages.
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* '''Straight''': ''[[LongRunner The Story]]'' contains 30 chapters, each around 1,000.
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* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each10,000 1,000 pages.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each
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* '''Straight''': ''[[LongRunner The Story]]'' contains 30 chapters, each around 100 pages.
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* '''Straight''': ''[[LongRunner The Story]]'' contains 30 chapters, each around 100 pages.1,000.
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** The abridged version is still biger than most phone books.
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** The abridged version is still biger bigger than most phone books.
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** ''The Story'' has only one sentence.
** ''The Story'' has a relatively simple plotline.
** ''The Story'' is only one relatively short story in a series.
** ''The Story'' has a relatively simple plotline.
** ''The Story'' is only one relatively short story in a series.
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** ''The Story'' is a compilation of short stories writen over a large period of time.
** ''The Story'' it's big in volume but only a little fraction of each page is used.
** ''The Story'' hasonly one sentence.
really big letters.
** ''The Story'' is mostly composed of blank pages.
** ''The Story'' hasa relatively simple plotline.
really thick pages.
** Given that most of ''The Story'' isonly one relatively short story in a series.filler or padding, the author warns the reader to skip them entirely.
** ''The Story'' it's big in volume but only a little fraction of each page is used.
** ''The Story'' has
** ''The Story'' is mostly composed of blank pages.
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** Given that most of ''The Story'' is
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** But large amounts of {{Padding}} stretch the story out.
** But taken as a whole, the series constitutes a Doorstopper Series. (May or may not be combined into an {{Omnibus}}, depending on the publisher.
* '''Parodied''': Someone uses ''The Story'' ''literally'' as a doorstop or paperweight, and has never actually read it.
* '''Zig Zagged''': ???
** But taken as a whole, the series constitutes a Doorstopper Series. (May or may not be combined into an {{Omnibus}}, depending on the publisher.
* '''Parodied''': Someone uses ''The Story'' ''literally'' as a doorstop or paperweight, and has never actually read it.
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** But large amounts of {{Padding}} stretch Even when the story out.
** Butindividual stories are deceptively short, taken as a whole, the series constitutes a Doorstopper Series. (May or may not be combined into an {{Omnibus}}, {{Omnibus}}), depending on the publisher.
** Even if the format makes use of lots of pages to comunicate very little information, when taken on a normal format still takes 20 thousand pages.
** Hardcore fans read the padding and filter anyway.
** The abridged version is still biger than most phone books.
* '''Parodied''':Someone uses Bob manages to lift ''The Story'' ''literally'' as a doorstop or paperweight, and has never actually read over his head, but is promptly flattened by it.
* '''Zig Zagged''':???The book is magical and gets bigger or smaller depending on who is reading.
** But
** Even if the format makes use of lots of pages to comunicate very little information, when taken on a normal format still takes 20 thousand pages.
** Hardcore fans read the padding and filter anyway.
** The abridged version is still biger than most phone books.
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* '''Invoked''': See "Enforced"
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** Bob uses ''The Story'' as an improvised weapon.
** Someone uses ''The Story'' literally as a doorstop or paperweight.
** Bob writes secret information in one of the pages of ''The Story'', knowing that, given its size, nobody will find it.
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** Bob uses ''The Story'' as an improvised weapon.
** Someone uses ''The Story'' literally as a doorstop or paperweight.
** Bob writes secret information in one of the pages of ''The Story'', knowing that, given its size, nobody will find it.
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* '''Subverted''': ''The Story'' has only one word.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
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** ''The Story'' has only one
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'''Basic Trope''': A long book
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'''Basic Trope''': A long ''long'' book
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* '''Played Straight''': ''[[LongRunner The Story]]'' contains 30 chapters, each around 100 pages.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each 10,000 pages.
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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': ''[[LongRunner The Story]]'' contains 30 chapters, each around 100 pages.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each 10,000 pages.
* '''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each 10,000 pages.
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* '''Subverted''': ''The Story'' has a relatively simple plotline.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** ''The Story'' has a relatively simple plotline.
** ''The Story'' has a relatively simple plotline.
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** A much shorter abridged version of ''The Story'' is published.
* '''Double Subverted''': But large amounts of {{Padding}} stretch the story out.
** But taken as a whole, the series constitutes a Doorstopper Series. (May or may not be combined into an {{Omnibus}}, depending on the publisher.
* '''Deconstructed''': May be a sign of excessive {{Padding}} and/or just plain BadWriting. The [[EndingFatigue audience may grow bored and give up]].
* '''Reconstructed''': {{Padding}} is not used excessively, and the plotlines keep the audience hungry for more; they end up not giving a damn ''how'' long it is.
* '''Double Subverted''': But large amounts of {{Padding}} stretch the story out.
** But taken as a whole, the series constitutes a Doorstopper Series. (May or may not be combined into an {{Omnibus}}, depending on the publisher.
* '''Deconstructed''': May be a sign of excessive {{Padding}} and/or just plain BadWriting. The [[EndingFatigue audience may grow bored and give up]].
* '''Reconstructed''': {{Padding}} is not used excessively, and the plotlines keep the audience hungry for more; they end up not giving a damn ''how'' long it is.
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** A much shorter abridged version of ''The Story'' is published.
published.
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** But taken as a whole, the series constitutes a Doorstopper Series. (May or may not be combined into an {{Omnibus}}, depending on the publisher. \n* '''Deconstructed''': May be a sign of excessive {{Padding}} and/or just plain BadWriting. The [[EndingFatigue audience may grow bored and give up]]. \n* '''Reconstructed''': {{Padding}} is not used excessively, and the plotlines keep the audience hungry for more; they end up not giving a damn ''how'' long it is.
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** But large amounts of {{Padding}} stretch the story out.
** But taken as a whole, the series constitutes a Doorstopper Series. (May or may not be combined into an {{Omnibus}}, depending on the publisher.
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* '''Lampshaded''': "It's a long story..."
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* '''Lampshaded''': "It's a long story..."'''Zig Zagged''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': "It's a long story..."
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* '''Defied''': The writer doesn't want the audience to be intimidated or bored by a long story and either shortens it or doesn't write it.
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* '''Deconstructed''': May be a sign of excessive {{Padding}} and/or just plain BadWriting. The [[EndingFatigue audience may grow bored and give up]].
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* '''Played Straight''': [[LongRunner *The Story*]] contains 30 chapters, each around 100 pages.
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* '''Played Straight''': [[LongRunner *The Story*]] ''[[LongRunner The Story]]'' contains 30 chapters, each around 100 pages.
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* '''Averted''': See "Inverted"The book is of average length.
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* '''Basic Trope''': A long book
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* '''Played Straight''': [[LongRunner *The Story*]] contains 30 chapters, each around 100 pages.
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** The publisher makes the author compress the story, fearing that a book that length will hurt sales.
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** The publisher [[ExecutiveMeddling makes the author author]] compress the story, fearing that a book that length will hurt sales.[[MoneyDearBoy sales]].
*'''Discussed''': "Did anyone actually finish ''The Story''?"
*'''Conversed''': "It was so long, I couldn't finish it with my busy schedule."
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*'''Discussed''': "Did anyone actually finish ''The Story''?"
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*'''Basic Trope''': A long book
*'''Played Straight''': [[LongRunner *The Story*]] contains 30 chapters, each 100 pages.
*'''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each 10,000 pages.
*'''Downplayed''': ''The Story'' actually consists of [[{{Omnibus}} a trilogy of books, published as one.]]
*'''Justified''': ''The Story'' is a long, complex story, perhaps [[NestedStory with several]] [[KudzuPlot different]] PlotThreads.
*'''Inverted''': ''The Story'' is a one-shot ShortStory or a novella.
*'''Subverted''': ''The Story'' has a relatively simple plotline.
** ''The Story'' is only one relatively short story in a series.
** A much shorter abridged version of ''The Story'' is published.
*'''Double Subverted''': But large amounts of {{Padding}} stretch the story out.
** But taken as a whole, the series constitutes a Doorstopper Series. (May or may not be combined into an {{Omnibus}}, depending on the publisher.
*'''Deconstructed''': May be a sign of excessive {{Padding}} and/or just plain BadWriting. The [[EndingFatigue audience may grow bored and give up]].
*'''Reconstructed''': {{Padding}} is not used excessively, and the plotlines keep the audience hungry for more; they end up not giving a damn ''how'' long it is.
*'''Parodied''': Someone uses ''The Story'' ''literally'' as a doorstop or paperweight, and has never actually read it.
*'''Lampshaded''': "It's a long story..."
*'''Averted''': See "Inverted"
*'''Enforced''': "I want to write a HeroicFantasy containing [[JigsawPuzzlePlot many different plot threads]], LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, a LoveDodecahedron, etc."
*'''Invoked''': See "Enforced"
*'''Defied''': The writer doesn't want the audience to be intimidated or bored by a long story and either shortens it or doesn't write it.
** The publisher makes the author compress the story, fearing that a book that length will hurt sales.
*'''Played Straight''': [[LongRunner *The Story*]] contains 30 chapters, each 100 pages.
*'''Exaggerated''': ''The Story'' contains 3,000 chapters, each 10,000 pages.
*'''Downplayed''': ''The Story'' actually consists of [[{{Omnibus}} a trilogy of books, published as one.]]
*'''Justified''': ''The Story'' is a long, complex story, perhaps [[NestedStory with several]] [[KudzuPlot different]] PlotThreads.
*'''Inverted''': ''The Story'' is a one-shot ShortStory or a novella.
*'''Subverted''': ''The Story'' has a relatively simple plotline.
** ''The Story'' is only one relatively short story in a series.
** A much shorter abridged version of ''The Story'' is published.
*'''Double Subverted''': But large amounts of {{Padding}} stretch the story out.
** But taken as a whole, the series constitutes a Doorstopper Series. (May or may not be combined into an {{Omnibus}}, depending on the publisher.
*'''Deconstructed''': May be a sign of excessive {{Padding}} and/or just plain BadWriting. The [[EndingFatigue audience may grow bored and give up]].
*'''Reconstructed''': {{Padding}} is not used excessively, and the plotlines keep the audience hungry for more; they end up not giving a damn ''how'' long it is.
*'''Parodied''': Someone uses ''The Story'' ''literally'' as a doorstop or paperweight, and has never actually read it.
*'''Lampshaded''': "It's a long story..."
*'''Averted''': See "Inverted"
*'''Enforced''': "I want to write a HeroicFantasy containing [[JigsawPuzzlePlot many different plot threads]], LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, a LoveDodecahedron, etc."
*'''Invoked''': See "Enforced"
*'''Defied''': The writer doesn't want the audience to be intimidated or bored by a long story and either shortens it or doesn't write it.
** The publisher makes the author compress the story, fearing that a book that length will hurt sales.
