long story
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
- epicImpressively grand in scope
- narrativeAccount of events
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
anecdote · novel · chronicle · explanation · rambling · drawn-out · elaborate · convoluted · winding · meandering · tedious · backstory · history · memoir · account · complicated · excuse · confession
length/brevity
long storyshort story
Brief prose fiction
quick summary · summary · nutshell version · in brief · synopsis
simplicity of explanation
long storyeasy answer
Simple, obvious solution
no-brainer · self-explanatory · cut and dried · plain and simple · black and white