Last night Breaking Bad’s ending exemplified one of the best aspects of a well-crafted story: surprise. 
William Goldman (author of The Princess Bride, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Marathon Man, All the President’s Men among many others) is the master of the twisted plot. Just when you think you know what’s going to happen next, he suckerpunches you. In my favorite novel, The Color of Light, Goldman surprises the reader in the last few words, just when you thought you were safe from any more surprises. I love that.
And, for the same reasons, I love Breaking Bad, Sunday nights on AMC. Watch it.
BONUS: Read Ken Levine’s blog about the surprise ending of Newhart (and how they pulled it off.)
Filed under: Books, Writers, writing tips, Breaking Bad, Newhart, plot twists, The Princess Bride, William Goldman
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