Structure
Episodic / fix-up structure
Also known as: fix-up novel, mosaic structure
A structure built from discrete, semi-independent episodes or stories linked into a larger whole.
Episodic / fix-up structure in fiction: 4 works
The book is a fix-up assembling separate robot stories under a framing interview.
The book stitches independent short stories into a mosaic chronicle of Martian settlement.
The trilogy is built from separate stories spanning centuries of the Foundation's history.
Three novellas separated by centuries assemble into one long historical arc.