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 I write whatever genre takes my fancy, but mostly fantasy & sci-fi.
I’d argue that the best zombie stories,well, any stories, are the ones where the characters are front and centre. The worlds we write are there for characters to explore.
That’s just me, though. 😉
@JanGoesWriting You're absolutely right though. I think thats the secret sauce to writers like Stephen King. Its not the content really, but the investment into the lives of the charaters that make is stories compelling, and his monsters frightening.