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?
@DanIsWriting I agree with @singlemaltgirl; defining it as dystopian fiction seems to be your best bet. It sounds fascinating and I would be eager to read it!
@Laura_47 @singlemaltgirl Thank you! Progress is slow, but its a constant source of excitement for me when I get to dive into that world.