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?

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@DanIsWriting Hmm...I'm focusing on horror.

Do you know your authorital voice yet? Once you find your voice in your writing, you'll be able to nail your genre.

@awrene Hmmm, I'm not sure. Do you have any examples?

@DanIsWriting hmmm….when you write is your writing close? Or far? For example my voice is close narrative proximity with a linguistics tone.

Here’s a link to read a little bit more.
https://nybookeditors.com/2017/06/find-writers-voice/

But your voice is distinct to you as an author

@awrene thanks for this, I'm going to have to think about it. Writing is something that just happens, for me. I've never considered that beyond the content of the writing, that my writing itself could be analyzed. Maybe I never found my writing itself very important, only the story I'm telling. This will require a deep dive, I think.

@DanIsWriting let me know what you come up with! I’d love to hear it

@awrene I still have no idea. 😂

I think my perspective is far, as I write about groups of characters, and then focus on one or two and jump from character to character

My tone is dark. I like to lead character unwittingly to tragedy

And I write informally, ignoring the desire for smart language and choosing simple if not profane ways to describe things.

There is so much information out there about this, but so little that anyone agrees on. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M DOING!!!