[quote=@shylarah]But the TV definition says "occurring in installments", which I would interpret as broken into pieces...[/quote]

Yep, this is what I mean my "episodic". Sorry about the confusion.

Conversational flair, I think, it's more about portraying the character's personality than a contribution to the overall writing style/structure/language of the entire story, because not all the characters will speak the exact same way as one another. Also, most people don't talk in a poetic way most of the time - that is why I said in general that's not how people converse with one another, but doesn't mean that people don't occasionally say something poetic, either as sarcasm or some other reasons. Certain flairs can also be used to show the time period the story is set or the environment, or even identity of the characters, such as using slang or jargon that are associated with the respective time period, or the occupation/interest of the character, etc. What I mean by artistic flair is the overall flair of the work that includes descriptions, not just dialogues. In light novels, descriptions are kept as minimal as possible, hence the little use of artistry in writing, and therefore more straightforward. Also, standard novels are not as dialogue heavy as light novels as they have substantial descriptions, be it character appearance, the setting/environment, even the progress of events, which light novels tend to cut down a lot.

The "straightforward narrative" that I'm talking about isn't related to the character perspective the writer is using to narrate the story (first = "I", third = "He/She"), but the choice of words and how the sentences are structured to put the point across to the readers. Straightforward would mean that the choice of words are simple that the reader can understand straightaway without having to read the whole context to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary, and the sentence structure are, again, simple and direct, and even plain in some cases, paying little to no attention about trying to vary the sentences to make them flow with a certain flair.