Authortube: What to do When You Write Yourself into a Corner
(and How to Get Out of It)
It’s okay. It happens. Sometimes the story rolls so strong you just go with it and see where it takes you. Unfortunately, though I firmly believe the Story knows best, sometimes a writer finds themselves in a place where they have written themselves into a corner and there is no way to move the story forward. Everything and everybody in your tale is stuck and locked in Time. You tried to fix it but only made it worse. You don’t want to scrap it or rewrite a pile of stuff that came before this point, and even if you backtracked, it wouldn’t be the same. What you have is perfect except . . . you’re in a corner.
Here’s how you get out of it and get the story moving again.
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REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP12 –
Below
Episode 12: Below – Carry loved his son. Always had even fifty years after his death. Except, Philip’s death was Carry’s fault and the Magic Man has come to help make things right. At a cost.
The Magic Man returns for this episode of the REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME podcast with A.P. Fuchs. The Magic Man villain is a joy to write because he forces you to come up with unique ways for him to deliver on his word but always with a dark twist. You’ll learn more about it in the Story Behind the Story segment of this week’s episode.
Thank you for supporting the show thus far and right now, here in Season Two. Truly, thank you for listening.
Cheers.
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REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP12
Episode 12: Below – Carry loved his son. Always had even fifty years after his death. Except, Philip’s death was Carry’s fault and the Magic Man has come to help make things right. At a cost.
The Magic Man returns for this episode of the REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME podcast with A.P. Fuchs. The Magic Man villain is a joy to write because he forces you to come up with unique ways for him to deliver on his word but always with a dark twist. You’ll learn more about it in the Story Behind the Story segment of this week’s episode.
Thank you for supporting the show thus far and right now, here in Season Two. Truly, thank you for listening. Here is S02EP12!
Cheers.
Grab your copy of MAGIC MAN PLUS 15 TALES OF TERROR in paperback or eBook at:
REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP11 –
Something Rotten Up North
Episode 11: Something Rotten Up North – When Axiom-man is notified of the dead coming back to life in Flin Flon, Manitoba, he takes flight and heads north to verify the terrible news. Upon his arrival, he is greeted by hordes of the walking dead. As he struggles to fight them and search for survivors, Axiom-man soon discovers the problem is far worse than he thought.
This episode is the pinnacle of Heroes and Monsters because this time we have Axiom-man facing off against zombies. Now, he’s done it before in THE DEAD LAND (stick around until after the credits for more on this book) but I wanted to have him fight the undead again, so this little publisher had a brainwave of an idea and assembled a group of indie writers who had superhero creations of their own. The rules? None, other than it had to be your superhero versus at least one zombie. What came in for stories was amazing and so the anthology, METAHUMANS VS THE UNDEAD was born, as was the METAHUMANS VS series.
Tune into this exciting episode of superhero and monster mayhem with A.P. Fuchs!
Thanks for listening.
Cheers!
Grab your copy of METAHUMANS VS THE UNDEAD in paperback or eBook at:
REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP11
Episode 11: Something Rotten Up North – When Axiom-man is notified of the dead coming back to life in Flin Flon, Manitoba, he takes flight and heads north to verify the terrible news. Upon his arrival, he is greeted by hordes of the walking dead. As he struggles to fight them and search for survivors, Axiom-man soon discovers the problem is far worse than he thought.
This episode is the pinnacle of Heroes and Monsters because this time we have Axiom-man facing off against zombies. Now, he’s done it before in THE DEAD LAND (stick around until after the credits for more on this book) but I wanted to have him fight the undead again, so this little publisher had a brainwave of an idea and assembled a group of indie writers who had superhero creations of their own. The rules? None, other than it had to be your superhero versus at least one zombie. What came in for stories was amazing and so the anthology, METAHUMANS VS THE UNDEAD was born, as was the METAHUMANS VS series.
Tune into this exciting episode of superhero and monster mayhem with A.P. Fuchs!
Thanks for listening.
Cheers!
Grab your copy of METAHUMANS VS THE UNDEAD in paperback or eBook at:
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This is a special high-end collector’s item and is available for direct order.
REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP10
Episode 10: Like a Worm – Gary wakes up surrounded by damp dirt. He can’t move. Trapped. And there’s others around him. He just can’t see them.
Playing into one of Fuchs’s fears, this episode is about both the short story itself and about being an introvert and the problem of confinement. Plus stick around for after the credits for an important PSA. No, really, it is important.
Tune in.
Thanks for listening.
Peace.
Grab your copy of MAGIC MAN PLUS 15 TALES OF TERROR in paperback or eBook at:
REALM OF HEROES AND MONSTERS: STORY TIME with A.P. FUCHS: S02EP10 –
Like a Worm
Episode 10: Like a Worm – Gary wakes up surrounded by damp dirt. He can’t move. Trapped. And there’s others around him. He just can’t see them.
Playing into one of Fuchs’s fears, this episode is about both the short story itself and about being an introvert and the problem of confinement. Plus stick around for after the credits for an important PSA. No, really, it is important.
Tune in.
Thanks for listening.
Peace.
Get your own copy of MAGIC MAN PLUS 15 TALES OF TERROR in paperback or eBook at:
. . . A.P. Fuchs and welcome to my blog where superheroes and monsters and Pop Culture reign supreme. I’m an independent writer, cartoonist, publisher, and freelancer in the worlds of books and comics, and have been so for the past twenty-five years. This is Canister X, my official web site and the Realm of Heroes and Monsters, where we’re entering summer mode.
Most certainly you’ll be receiving content, but it’s going to follow the theme of the CANISTER X TRANSMISSION: YEAR SEVEN of fluidity. We’re gonna play it casual. We have a major deadline due for the fall for THE AXIOM-MAN SAGA so that project is going to require me putting all hands on deck to get done in time.
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I’m also the writer/artist behind the webcomic, Fredrikus, which you can read from the beginning here.
On Saturdays, I send out my newsletter, The Canister X Transmission. It’s a weekly newsletter where we all come together after the week, take a breather, regroup, and head into the weekend. Presently, we are in Year Seven. Join me and my readers and fans of fandom. I love the fan community as it’s a wonderful group of people to be part of, both physically and virtually. See you on the inside.
Since we’re now heading into summer, this is just a quick announcement to say that the content on this site won’t be as regular as usual, likewise for my other social platforms. The big reason is we’re on major deadline for the BATTLE OF POWER Trilogy for THE AXIOM-MAN SAGA, the second-biggest reason being I have some holiday time coming up and that will take away from entertaining you guys and, in the interest of self-care, it’s a good idea for me to just produce on a casual basis until the fall.
We all need to recharge our batteries now and then.
But, again, don’t worry. There will be content, but following the YEAR SEVEN model of fluidity versus a stringent schedule.
Be sure to check back here often. You never know what might pop up and catch your interest.
Have a great summer. Hope you like the Summer 2024 Content Schedule!