What genre do you write?

I struggle to define what I'm writing. It takes place in a zombie apocalypse, but I wouldn't say its about zombies. Its about people, relationships, and hardship. Its a road trip, a tragedy and a comedy. It just happens to have zombies as a hardship to endure. How to I pick a buzzword to describe a whole story that isn't really about the thing you would define it by?

@DanIsWriting sounds like dystopian fiction to me. just about every apocalypse story is about peeps, their relationships, their struggle to survive, cope, & rebuild. dystopian fiction can be tragedy, can incl comedy, etc. but ultimately, the zombies, or catastrophic disaster, or whatever, is just the plot device to talk about the human condition & humans dealing w/ adversity. universal themes. if that makes sense?

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@singlemaltgirl That sounds about right. I wish there was a little more to narrow down the genre though. It would put my book right along side world war z, the road, and the stand, which while similar, are all very different kinds of stories.

Its a little like saying Blade runner, time cop and Star Trek are all sci-fi.

@DanIsWriting well wwz & the road are both considered dystopian fiction. the stand is horror. so it may be about right.

there is a vast spectrum w/in those genres for sure. i'm sure there are ways to narrow them down further & make them more niche. but i think dystopian would work for your purposes.

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