Introducing: “Bare Bones” reviews

When a book or movie comes up at the family dinner table or over drinks with a few friends, I can’t help but disect the story out loud and comment on what elements do or don’t work, and why. I usually get very enthusiastic about that, because there are tons of lessons to be learned there for anyone who likes stories.

Then someone suggested I should write those analyses down.

So I will. Roughly once a week, I’ll devote a long post to a book, movie or story in any other form, taking a closer look at the key elements of its structure and why it works – or not. Like an X-ray of the story, showing the bare  bones.

I saw a great play this weekend that will make a good kick-off. Please leave a comment and tell me what you think of the format and what you’d like to see in these Bare Bones reviews!