Expansionism

This school of writing, codified by Zachary Osgood from Harry Hardiner's Rosewire series, is exemplified by

—episodism

—extensive background

—"wide lateral" story

—"superlinking" and refrains

and —a reluctance to ever fully "finish" developing character.

Critics claim Expansionism (also known as "explosionism", in reference to an exploded diagram and not incendiary devices) is "television lit", and nothing new or exciting.